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Arabian Nights Under an Artificial Moon | Focus
From Disney World to the Saudi desert, the ultra-wealthy have long dreamed of being great founders. Some are more dangerous than others.…
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Talk Is Cheap, Not Worthless | Insight
Spectacles takes readers through the promises and perils of the Biden administration's international conference on democracy.…
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How Big Money Breaks Democracy, Explained | Insight
We all know that somehow lobbying and campaign finance are a disaster for democracy. But why? And how is the system supposed to work?…
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#MeToo and Democracy in Essence | Insight
Andrew Cuomo’s precipitous fall from grace and the CCP’s silencing of Peng Shuai underscore the importance of activism.…
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James Baldwin, Theories, and the Moral Life | Focus
We want neat theories to explain how we got to where we are, and where to go next, but life isn’t so simple or scientific.…
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Beyond Gerrymandering | Insight
Gerrymandering is a problem. But it’s not clear that America’s illnesses can be cured by independent redistricting.…
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A Different Perspective on Inflation | Insight
With inflation still on the rise, Democrats are paying a political price. But a closer look suggests that the economic reality is more mixed.…
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In Polls We Trust? | Focus
Democrats are scrambling to develop a strategy for winning in a bad political environment. Polls can help, but they won’t be nearly enough.…
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Building Roads to the Future? | Insight
Is President Biden’s big bipartisan spend on infrastructure a sign of the future to come, or a post-COVID blip we’ll soon forget?…
