These past four years, I’ve been on a photographic road trip of the United States. It often seems that there are two Americas, left and right, looking at the same place from radically different and irreconcilable perspectives. This week I
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Opinion | David Leonhardt Returns for a Debate Debate
Listen and subscribe to “The Argument” from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS Feed David Leonhardt returns to the podcast to celebrate its 100 episodes and two years on the
Your Friday Briefing
Trump and Biden square off in the final debate. By Natasha Frost Good morning. We’re covering the final U.S. presidential debate of 2020, the effects of Europe’s second coronavirus wave and the improbable rise of the #MeToo movement in Iran.
Opinion | The Intelligence Director Who Is Undermining Trust and Truth
It’s quite an accomplishment, but in only five months, the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has already put himself in the running to be considered among the most destructive intelligence officials in U.S. history. During his confirmation hearing in
Opinion | The Justice Dept.’s Lawsuit Against Google: Too Little, Too Late
It might seem a Silicon Valley cliché, but it was a garage — a pretty dumpy one for those who got to visit it just over two decades ago — that served as the birthplace of what the U.S. government
Opinion | Why Biden Will Need to Spend Big
What should Joe Biden’s economic policy be if he wins (and Democrats take the Senate, so that he can actually pass legislation)? I’m pretty sure I know what his economists think he should do, but I’m not equally sure that
Your Tuesday Briefing
China’s economy surges ahead. By Melina Delkic and Will Dudding Good morning. We’re covering China’s economic rebound, a troubling surge across Europe and a 2,000-year-old drawing discovered at the Nazca Lines site in Peru. Covid under control, China’s economy bounces
Metals tycoon Gupta targets Thyssenkrupp in steel consolidation push
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Liberty Steel, founded by commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, on Friday said it had made a non-binding offer for Thyssenkrupp’s TKAG.DE steel unit, hoping to forge a European champion to master the transformation towards carbon-neutral production.Workers of German
Opinion | For 200 Years Courts Upheld Rules to Protect Americans’ Health. Until Now.
Alongside growing controversy over judicial nominations, court reform and Covid-19 policies, American law is in the midst of a little-noticed paradigm shift in courts’ treatment of public health measures. The Republican Party’s campaign to take over the federal and state
Opinion | Oh, Now You Believe in Norms
Neither Joe Biden nor Kamala Harris has made a clear statement in favor of expanding the Supreme Court beyond its current size. But that hasn’t stopped conservatives and Republicans from denouncing — perhaps with a hint of fear — their