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Shout, You’re on Camera | Insight
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings featured the usual political absurdities. Would cutting the cameras fix it?…
Governance
All the Spectacles articles & episodes discussing democratic governance, to give you a new way of seeing politics.
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How Not to Build Democracy | Focus
Development assistance is one way the United States can help other countries to democratize. But it could use a rethink.…
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Good Medicine, Political Poison | Insight
China is starting to lock down again, because their vaccines don’t work. Why don’t they just buy better ones? The short answer: authoritarianism.…
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Not Tired of Losing Yet | Insight
Breaking down the theory of “mediatization” helps explain why Kristi Noem keeps fighting her own party and losing.…
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Taiwan’s Nuclear Memories | Guest Focus
The tragic forty-year history of Taiwan’s Fourth Nuclear Plant yields key lessons on energy policy, democracy, security, and more.…
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The Pork Is Back in Town | Insight
Congress is reviving pork barrel politics. By allowing legislators to bring home big projects, it could rejuvenate Congress—or corruption.…
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How to Solve the Blood Shortage | Guest Insight
The FDA’s blood donation rules stigmatize sexual minorities for no good reason—and it may cost a million lives each year.…
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Why Are They Called Oligarchs? | Insight
Russian oligarchs and American billionaires: some say there’s hardly any difference. Harry explains, “What’s in a name?”…
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Explainer: Is Ukraine a Democracy? | Insight
Joe Biden sees the Russian invasion as another development in the conflict between freedom and tyranny, but is Ukraine all that democratic? Does it matter?…
