In this issue

Jessica Simpson Takes Back Jessica Simpson
How the pop singer and unlikely fashion mogul reclaimed her name.

Covid’s Long Shadow
The pandemic is a calamity for girls and women in the developing world.

The Pointless Parable of Elizabeth Holmes

Is there a lesson to be learned from Theranos? Is anyone learning it?

4 mins

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS LEGAL PROCEEDING?

Surprisingly, the number of big bankruptcies plunged last year—a trend that may reverse soon enough

5 mins

Cyberwar at the White House

Anne Neuberger and the competition to set Biden’s cybersecurity agenda

7 mins

Wall Street Digs In To China

U.S. politicians are taking a tougher line on the country, but bankers say they have to be there

5 mins

An Energy Crisis Years in the Making

With gas inventories low, Europe is at the mercy of two wily forces: Vladimir Putin and the weather

5 mins

Got a Tax Question? Don't Call the IRS

Customer service has cratered at the short-staffed, underfunded agency

5 mins

Standing Alone in The Midterm Throng

Josh Shapiro is the one and only Democrat running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor

5 mins

Selling Jessica Simpson

How the pop star lost her billion-dollar fashion empire—and spent two years clawing it back

10+ mins

The lost girls of covid

For 25 years, girls in developing countries have been on a remarkable trajectory of progress. The pandemic is reversing it

10+ mins

The Drugs Are Working

The first step toward fulfilling a New Year’s resolution just might be a class of prescription weight loss pills and shots. The next steps: Getting patients and doctors to trust them and insurers to cover them

10+ mins

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