| Graham Vyse

Switches in Time

Is the U.S. Supreme Court really “a bunch of partisan hacks”? Dahlia Lithwick on the perception and reality of judicial independence in America.
15 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

Depth Charge

Why is the U.S. selling nuclear submarines to Australia? Jonathan Tepperman on Beijing’s aggressiveness, Washington’s strategy, and trouble with Paris.
13 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

Yes, We Have No Bananas

Is the U.S. headed for continuing shortages and rising prices? Dean Baker on how the American economy has held up to the disruptions of the pandemic.
12 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

Observe and Report

Could Texas’s new abortion law create a nation of bounty hunters? Amanda Hollis-Brusky on how deputizing citizens as enforcers could turn America into a failed state.
14 minute read
| Graham Vyse

Chinese Idols

What’s behind Beijing’s crackdown on celebrity fan culture and online gaming? Ian Johnson on the Communist Party’s new push to enforce traditionalist values.
11 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

The Cartography of Power

Could next year’s U.S. elections be decided by how state legislators redraw maps? Lee Drutman on geographic sorting, partisan polarization, and zero-sum voting.
12 minute read
| Michael Bluhm

Nothing Is Easy

Just how secure is the Taliban’s control over Afghanistan? Benjamin Hopkins on foreign subsidies, the drug trade, and civil war.
14 minute read
| Graham Vyse

Calculated Risk

How safe is in-person schooling as the coronavirus resurges? David Rubin on the public-health challenges of trying to return to normalcy in American education.
12 minute read
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