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Nicely-Suited, Self-Effacing Demagogues
Biden and Starmer may have found a new winning formula: a dignified presence to comfort critics of their radical ideas.
Brazil Fights a Health War on Two Fronts: A Foretold Tragedy
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro is now the leader of a coronavirus-denial movement, while the country’s eroding public health system and the political crisis create “the worst possible of perfect storms.”
Let’s Talk Story: How Our Perception of the Persian Gulf Portends its Ecological Ruin
Surely Hawaii isn’t the only beautiful and threatened seascape. Its story dominates, and others are left untold—or told incorrectly. The most conspicuous case is the Middle East.
Six Feet from Democracy: How Netanyahu’s Coronavirus Policy Tests the Resilience of Israel’s Democratic DNA
Soon, “King Bibi” may be more than a provocative term that encapsulates Netanyahu’s authoritarian style, but a reality.
When Lockdown Becomes a Death Sentence: The Coronavirus Response in the Developing World
In Malawi, the quarantine injunction was not filed by far-right protesters, coronavirus denialists, or religious zealots. It was filed by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition.
PECK: The Prime Minister Came Down With Coronavirus
Boris Johnson, in the eyes of the public, is the man who beat the disease. In reality, he is the man who made it worse.
Lifting Venezuela’s Veil of Forgotten Turmoil
After nearly a decade of social and economic collapse and three years of explicit dictatorship, the country’s future prospects remain bleak. Any paths to recovery remain uncertain at best.
The Race to Subzero: John B. Taylor et al. on Monetary Policy in the 21st Century
John B. Taylor, Janet Yellen, Robert Shiller, and Bill English debate monetary policy rules and tools in a new global paradigm of lower-than-ever-before interest rates.