Abortion What explains Donald Trump’s war on late-term abortions?The Economist Attacks on the rare but controversial procedures are designed to please more than evangelicals WHILE LEROY CARHART, a doctor who specialises in …
News (U.S.) New research probes eviction’s causes and consequencesThe Economist A reinvigorated debate focuses on the link between housing instability and poverty AT NINE O’CLOCK on a recent Friday, some 80 people—mostly …
Politics Rural Minnesota’s Democratic voters are shifting allegiancesThe Economist Republicans see an opening with voters in regions like the Iron Range SUPPORT FOR miners is ubiquitous in Eveleth, Minnesota. Hand-painted signs on …
New Mexico Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies face court challengesThe Economist Over the borderlineDonald Trump’s hardline immigration policies face court challenges Asylum restrictions go into effect in Texas and New Mexico as …
Mississippi What do Donald Trump’s immigration raids accomplish?The Economist They are a show of force for a president trying to keep his deportation numbers up THE SCHOOL day on August 7th was just beginning when a counsellor …
News (U.S.) The legal cannabis market shrank in California last yearThe Economist Legal and rarerThe legal cannabis market shrank in California last year HARBOURSIDE CANNABIS in Oakland is a modern-day temple to the delights and …
California Caps on groundwater use create a new market in CaliforniaThe Economist A liquid marketCaps on groundwater use create a new market in California When it comes to allocating scarce resources, markets are hard to beat A LONG …
Nuclear Weapons Should America rule out first use of nuclear weapons?The Economist You firstShould America rule out first use of nuclear weapons? PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA promised that he would reduce the role that nuclear weapons …
Jewish Culture Donald Trump has Israel bar entry to American congresswomenThe Economist When hawks look like dovesDonald Trump has Israel bar entry to American congresswomen Deploying executive power against elected representatives and …
AIPAC Donald Trump presses Israel into barring entry to American congresswomenThe Economist When hawks look like dovesDonald Trump presses Israel into barring entry to American congresswomen Deploying executive power against elected …
Child Abuse New York grants a reprieve for victims of child sexual abuseThe Economist A window of justiceNew York grants a reprieve for victims of child sexual abuse Powerful institutions, including the Catholic church, are bracing for …
Pharma Why America’s biggest charities are owned by pharmaceutical companiesThe Economist Generous to a faultWhy America’s biggest charities are owned by pharmaceutical companies WHEN A PATIENT in need of a drug in America goes to fulfil …
Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders’s permanent revolutionThe Economist The obdurate socialist from Vermont probably cannot win the Democratic ticket. But he could hand it to a moderate—and the election to Donald Trump THE …
University of Chicago America’s most interesting sheriffThe Economist WHEN IT COMES to the treatment of mentally ill people, says Tom Dart, “in future people will look back and call us evil.” Mr Dart, who serves Cook …
Toni Morrison Toni MorrisonThe Economist "OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. …
Wyoming America’s coal capital knows it must rethink its futureThe Economist Comin’ round the bendAmerica’s coal capital knows it must rethink its future In Gillette, Wyoming, many people see a liberal conspiracy at work RUSTY …
El Paso, TX America grapples with a lethal mix of terrorism and lax gun lawsThe Economist The definition of insanityAmerica grapples with a lethal mix of terrorism and lax gun laws After shootings in El Paso and Dayton, calls for change are …
Mike Pompeo There is a need for fresh thinking on human rightsThe Economist LexingtonThere is a need for fresh thinking on human rights But Mike Pompeo’s new commission looks like a partisan stunt MARY ANN GLENDON is not used …
Title VII Will the Supreme Court expand protections for LGBT workers?The Economist Coming this AutumnWill the Supreme Court expand protections for LGBT workers? The answer turns on whether Title VII protects gay and transgender …
Iowa Nearly two dozen presidential candidates descend on IowaThe Economist Democrats on paradeNearly two dozen presidential candidates descend on Iowa Chicken wings, butter sculptures and American retail politics at its …
Democrats Democrats gain support among anti-immigration voters with left-wing economic viewsThe Economist Clawing backDemocrats gain support among anti-immigration voters with left-wing economic views The trend could blunt the impact of the president’s …
News (U.S.) A weekend of horror in Texas and OhioThe Economist Two more mass shootings add terrifying impact to concerns about the availability of guns AMERICANS WENT to sleep on August 3rd reading about a mass …
John Ratcliffe Donald Trump wants a loyalist as America’s top intelligence officialThe Economist Shame the devilDonald Trump wants a loyalist as America’s top intelligence official Dan Coats is likely to be replaced by a fierce partisan FOR DECADES …
Mount Rushmore The last man to have built Mount RushmoreThe Economist Lessons from stoneThe last man to have built Mount Rushmore IT WAS THE dust that he hated most. Clouds in the high, thin, South Dakotan air, that …
Baltimore, MD Baltimore needs help to fix its crime problemsThe Economist City on the brinkBaltimore needs help to fix its crime problems AT SEVEN IN the morning on July 15th, David Caldwell, a 52-year-old phlebotomist, was …
Ricardo Rosselló Puerto Rico faces a succession crisisThe Economist TEÓFILO TORRES sits on a coffin, leaning against a Puerto Rican flag. He is dressed as Pateco, the gravedigger. According to folk history, Pateco …
What the mighty Dolphins say about AmericaThe Economist Lessons in national well-being from a well-run neighbourhood swim team THE DOLPHINS contested their final meet of the summer last weekend. It was an …
Gentrification Can gentrification be a force for positive social change?The Economist Making ShawCan gentrification be a force for positive social change? A new paper suggests it displaces few people and often improves life for those …
