Xi's Game

The Chinese leader wants to emerge from the Beijing Olympics as dictator for life

What Will Neil Young's Protest Mean for Spotify?

Neil Young vs Joe Rogan seems like the strangest of cultural clashes.

Will Lisa Cook Make the Fed?

Some say she brings a fresh perspective; others believe she’s too focused on race

Could China Have Its Own Puerto Rico?

For the amount of work they’re expected to do, China’s regional governments are simply not paid enough.

Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan

"A tailor-made insurance initiative to financially secure farmers and growers against farming risks."

A Nation of Quitters?

Has America become a nation of quitters? It might seem so.

Hole in the Net

What good is a social safety net if the people who need help the most can’t access it?

Bullying Tactics

China is trying to force trading partners to toe its line on Taiwan. The U.S. and EU must fight back

No Apologies

The Christian prophets who predicted Donald Trump would be reinstated as president in 2021 aren't ready to admit defeat yet

Biden's Year 2 Test

As the pandemic wears on and prices rise, many Americans are disillusioned with the president. Can he win them back?

It's the Economy, Stupide

France’s president has an ace up his sleeve as he seeks a second term

'The World Is On the Brink'

Less than a year before president john F. Kennedy delivered his Commencement Address at the American University in 1963, the Cuban Missile Crisis had brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

13,000 Pounds at 118 Miles Per Hour

The wreck of a limo near Albany was the deadliest U.S. Transportation disaster in a decade. And the man behind it was one of the most notorious confidential informants in FBI history.

An Elder Army to Care for Kids

With universal pre-K high on the agenda in the U.S., staffing shortages loom. Here’s a solution

China's Quest to Take Taiwan

Chinese officials have started directing citizens to stock up on food amid rising vegetable, egg, and pork prices. Encouraging people to become preppers could just be how the Chinese government expresses concern about cold snaps and potential future COVID-19 lockdowns. But some fear it’s a more sinister sign, indicating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wants people to prepare for the growing threat of war.

Andrew Yang Is Still Trying To Move Forward

For a politician who’s never won anything, Andrew Yang is pretty famous. Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign failed to earn any delegates to the Democratic National Convention after getting about 5 percent in the Iowa caucuses and 3 percent in the New Hampshire primary. He came in fourth in New York City’s 2021 ranked choice Democratic primary for mayor. Despite his political struggles, Yang is now launching a new political party, the Forward Party.

What Progressives Get Wrong About Judicial Review

IN FEBRUARY 1958, a distinguished liberal jurist named Learned Hand told a distinguished liberal audience some-thing that it did not want to hear. The U.S. Supreme Court’s celebrated power of judicial review, Hand declared in a lecture at Harvard Law School, was fundamentally illegitimate.

Against Champagne Socialists

Why Bernie Sanders, Hasan Piker, and Elizabeth Warren should open their wallets before they open their mouths.

Why Did Keisha Lance Bottoms Quit?

The mayor of Atlanta was a rising star in Democratic politics. Then the crime wave hit.

The Group Portrait: the Majority

For the first time, women make up most of the City Council.

Better Call Ken

The Texas Attorney General provided a radical legal pretext to overturn the election. Now he’s using the same tactics to gut Roe v. Wade.

Double Standard Bearers - Supremacy and Sedition

There’s a reason the Capitol rioters have dodged the charge: race.

The Freshman

After January 6, Peter Meijer thought he could help lead the GOP away from an abyss. Now he laughs at his own naïveté.

Imagine the Worst

How to head off the next insurrection

Giving new life to old roofing shingles

Gaf is blazing a path toward more environmentally responsible manufacturing and construction

Strongmen? Us?

Don’t let their confidence fool you: Xi, Putin, and other authoritarians are increasingly vulnerable at home

France Is Zemmour the French Trump?

The pundit has gone from peddling far-right rhetoric on the French version of Fox News to serious political contender

147 minutes with …Huma Abedin

Throughout a public career and marriage, the political confidante has remained poised and silent. She’s ready to change that.

The Group Portrait: They Won

The hunger-striking taxi drivers who claimed victory.

It's His Town Now

As he coasts to general-election victory, the post-technocrat, post-progressive Eric Adams mayoralty has already begun.