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The Economist - USA
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- Botox bars are coming to a city near you
- Abstract: Hold still
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Hold still
- Donald Trump is the main barrier to the revision of conservatism
- Abstract: The president offers more chaos than change
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The president offers more chaos than change
- Philadelphia politics are stuck in the era of prog rock
- Abstract: The indictment of John Dougherty has a strangely retro feel
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The indictment of John Dougherty has a strangely retro feel
- Russia, America and the INF
- Abstract: Russia’s suspicion of America is a self-fulfilling prophecy
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Russia’s suspicion of America is a self-fulfilling prophecy
- America calls time on the INF treaty, ushering in a new age of missiles
- Abstract: The pact signed by Reagan and Gorbachev underpinned bilateral arms control for 30 years
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The pact signed by Reagan and Gorbachev underpinned bilateral arms control for 30 years
- Elizabeth Warren’s unusual brand of wonkish populism
- Abstract: If Democrats awarded prizes for detailed policy proposals, she would win
PubDate: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: If Democrats awarded prizes for detailed policy proposals, she would win
- What is it with shoe polish in Virginia'
- Abstract: Scandals ensnare the state’s top three elected officials
PubDate: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Scandals ensnare the state’s top three elected officials
- The Democratic primary is already the most left-wing in decades
- Abstract: This looks like a bad strategy for beating Donald Trump
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: This looks like a bad strategy for beating Donald Trump
- The Pentagon wants satellites with laser beams attached to their heads
- Abstract: Missile-interceptors in space could protect America, but at a galactic cost
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Missile-interceptors in space could protect America, but at a galactic cost
- Is this man the missing link in the Mueller investigation'
- Abstract: Or is he an attention-seeking mythmaker' Or could he be both these things'
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Or is he an attention-seeking mythmaker' Or could he be both these things'
- America’s government shutdown took a toll
- Abstract: Some Republicans would prefer a national emergency to a repeat performance
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Some Republicans would prefer a national emergency to a repeat performance
- Facebook turns 15
- Abstract: How the social-networking giant has changed America
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: How the social-networking giant has changed America
- A rustbelt town adapts a TV format for politics
- Abstract: Braddock needed a mayor, so it held an audition
PubDate: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Braddock needed a mayor, so it held an audition
- America withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- Abstract: The Trump administration’s latest move brings back cold-war fears
PubDate: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The Trump administration’s latest move brings back cold-war fears
- Republicans and Democrats are taking early education more seriously
- Abstract: Alabama and West Virginia are among the pioneers
PubDate: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Alabama and West Virginia are among the pioneers
- The arrival of Foxconn in Wisconsin divides Democrats
- Abstract: A whopping subsidy to America's biggest foreign investment splits the party along class lines
PubDate: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: A whopping subsidy to America's biggest foreign investment splits the party along class lines
- Why bull-riding is becoming more popular
- Abstract: It is America’s most dangerous sport
PubDate: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: It is America’s most dangerous sport
- Republicans may learn to love Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Abstract: If Democrats ever embraced socialism, America would probably stay conservative
PubDate: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: If Democrats ever embraced socialism, America would probably stay conservative
- Our coverage of the American government shutdown
- Abstract: The current impasse is now the longest in the country’s history
PubDate: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The current impasse is now the longest in the country’s history
- Donald Trump made a dreadful miscalculation over the shutdown
- Abstract: He will suffer less for it than the Democrats think
PubDate: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: He will suffer less for it than the Democrats think
- The wild rise of Mick Mulvaney
- Abstract: Being Donald Trump’s chief-of-staff seems nasty, brutish and short
PubDate: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Being Donald Trump’s chief-of-staff seems nasty, brutish and short
- Donald Trump v Congress
- Abstract: When it comes to domestic policy, the president is less powerful than he seems
PubDate: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: When it comes to domestic policy, the president is less powerful than he seems
- Democratic mayors and governors pitch reforms to health care
- Abstract: Their ideas range from sensible to pie-in-the-sky
PubDate: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Their ideas range from sensible to pie-in-the-sky
- America’s next attorney-general looks equipped for the trials ahead
- Abstract: William Barr is no sheep
PubDate: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: William Barr is no sheep
- Harvard’s policy against single-sex clubs was meant to protect women
- Abstract: It seems to be doing the opposite
PubDate: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: It seems to be doing the opposite
- America’s government shutdown is an act of economic self-harm
- Abstract: Its costs are mounting
PubDate: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Its costs are mounting
- Hospital prices are now public
- Abstract: That is unlikely to push them down
PubDate: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: That is unlikely to push them down
- What group of people is most hostile to #MeToo'
- Abstract: Republican women over the age of 65
PubDate: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Republican women over the age of 65
- Chicago’s political system is set up to produce corruption
- Abstract: A powerful city councillor was wiretapped and followed around by the FBI for a year
PubDate: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: A powerful city councillor was wiretapped and followed around by the FBI for a year
- Swatting could become a federal crime
- Abstract: False reports leading to SWAT team deployments have doubled since 2011
PubDate: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: False reports leading to SWAT team deployments have doubled since 2011
- John Kasich: conservative orphan
- Abstract: Ohio’s departing governor is a credit to his party and Donald Trump’s biggest critic
PubDate: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Ohio’s departing governor is a credit to his party and Donald Trump’s biggest critic
- Before 1980 the federal government did not shut down
- Abstract: Jimmy Carter’s attorney-general changed how America is governed
PubDate: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 05:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Jimmy Carter’s attorney-general changed how America is governed
- The era of divided government in Washington begins, inauspiciously
- Abstract: Will the president be able to see the wood for the subpoenas'
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Will the president be able to see the wood for the subpoenas'
- Jim Mattis and John Kelly had little influence on the president
- Abstract: They were, however, safeguards against calamity
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: They were, however, safeguards against calamity
- How a small city is responding to a huge influx of Somali-Americans
- Abstract: Dark-skinned Muslims discover the limits of Minnesota nice
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Dark-skinned Muslims discover the limits of Minnesota nice
- Will Amazon’s workers unionise'
- Abstract: The behemoth faces rumblings from labour organisers
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The behemoth faces rumblings from labour organisers
- The rise in American high-school graduation rates looks puffed-up
- Abstract: Online credit-recovery classes have been implicated in many school scandals
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Online credit-recovery classes have been implicated in many school scandals
- The federal government backtracks on mercury-emissions rules
- Abstract: Not even the operators of power stations seem to want the EPA’s latest edict
PubDate: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Not even the operators of power stations seem to want the EPA’s latest edict
- Joe Biden is not the best person to take on Donald Trump
- Abstract: Democrats need someone who can offer a fresh face and new ideas
PubDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Democrats need someone who can offer a fresh face and new ideas
- A federal judge in Texas rules that Obamacare is unconstitutional
- Abstract: The law will stay in force until all appeals are exhausted
PubDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The law will stay in force until all appeals are exhausted
- A historic church in the capital closes its doors to worshippers
- Abstract: A century and a half after it was founded, Lincoln Temple falls to gentrification
PubDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: A century and a half after it was founded, Lincoln Temple falls to gentrification
- Why American cities are so weirdly shaped
- Abstract: How strange municipal boundaries came about, and how they hold cities back
PubDate: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: How strange municipal boundaries came about, and how they hold cities back
- Congress discovers a bill with bipartisan support that the president will
sign- Abstract: A measure to modestly reduce incarceration looks likely to become law
PubDate: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: A measure to modestly reduce incarceration looks likely to become law
- Donald Trump’s administration is understaffed and under attack
- Abstract: The president maintains that “a lot of friends of mine” would like to be his chief-of-staff
PubDate: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The president maintains that “a lot of friends of mine” would like to be his chief-of-staff
- Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the Saudi alliance risk damaging it
- Abstract: By celebrating a peculiar relationship, the president has brought it into domestic politics
PubDate: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: By celebrating a peculiar relationship, the president has brought it into domestic politics
- How Joseph McCarthy’s hometown remembers a famous son
- Abstract: The museum in Appleton, Wisconsin, is not kind to the witchfinder general
PubDate: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The museum in Appleton, Wisconsin, is not kind to the witchfinder general
- Can Laura Kelly repair Kansas'
- Abstract: The governor-elect suggests the heartland is as allergic to her party as it seems
PubDate: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The governor-elect suggests the heartland is as allergic to her party as it seems
- Michael Cohen was sentenced to prison for things he did for his boss
- Abstract: The story of the president’s personal lawyer is part American dream, part Russian novel
PubDate: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The story of the president’s personal lawyer is part American dream, part Russian novel
- The White House rolls back a rule on polluting wetlands
- Abstract: Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is not keen on protecting the environment
PubDate: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is not keen on protecting the environment
- The president was never going to smile on Pakistan
- Abstract: Dealing with America’s most frustrating ally
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Dealing with America’s most frustrating ally
- Election fraud in North Carolina’s ninth district
- Abstract: Winning the old-fashioned way
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Winning the old-fashioned way
- The tight labour market is making unskilled work more predictable
- Abstract: America’s biggest retailers are moving away from just-in-time scheduling
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: America’s biggest retailers are moving away from just-in-time scheduling
- Much of the Mueller report is already public. What does it say'
- Abstract: The hundreds of published pages from the Special Counsel’s office and the House intelligence committee read like a Le Carré novel
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The hundreds of published pages from the Special Counsel’s office and the House intelligence committee read like a Le Carré novel
- Donald Trump is kryptonite for centre-right media
- Abstract: The Weekly Standard, a bastion of conservative criticism of the president, appears to be closing
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The Weekly Standard, a bastion of conservative criticism of the president, appears to be closing
- What psychology experiments tell you about why people deny facts
- Abstract: Many of us will pay money to avoid points of view that differ from our own
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Many of us will pay money to avoid points of view that differ from our own
- Democrats did much better in rural America than you think
- Abstract: Democrats did well in the suburbs. They did even better beyond them
PubDate: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Democrats did well in the suburbs. They did even better beyond them
- The rise of Native American politicians
- Abstract: Indians are unlike any other minority group
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Indians are unlike any other minority group
- A government report outlines what a warmer world means for America
- Abstract: The president of that government then dismisses its findings
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The president of that government then dismisses its findings
- Machine politics as Illinois marks its 200th birthday
- Abstract: How one of America’s longest-serving politicians keeps getting re-elected
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: How one of America’s longest-serving politicians keeps getting re-elected
- SCOTUS considers asset forfeiture
- Abstract: Where Magna Carta and Black Lives Matter converge
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Where Magna Carta and Black Lives Matter converge
- Puerto Rico is slowly recovering
- Abstract: The data suggest that the island is stirring
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The data suggest that the island is stirring
- The housing market is having a wobble
- Abstract: Don’t be alarmed
PubDate: Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Don’t be alarmed
- What explains America’s mysterious baby bust'
- Abstract: Hispanic Americans are having fewer babies, as are city-dwellers
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Hispanic Americans are having fewer babies, as are city-dwellers
- Donald Trump is attacking the rule of law and may well get away with it
- Abstract: Nixon had it harder
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Nixon had it harder
- Democrats and a climate-change dilemma
- Abstract: Should Democrats pursue the best policy, or the one that does them least political damage'
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Should Democrats pursue the best policy, or the one that does them least political damage'
- Our Charlottesville cover
- Abstract: Awards time
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Awards time
- The Earned Income Tax Credit almost pays for itself
- Abstract: The policy that reduces unemployment, boosts wages and costs a pittance
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The policy that reduces unemployment, boosts wages and costs a pittance
- A North Dakotan oil-boom city softens
- Abstract: From lapdances to lattes in Williston
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: From lapdances to lattes in Williston
- The big, beautiful border wall America built ten years ago
- Abstract: And why it did more harm than good
PubDate: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: And why it did more harm than good
- Assessing the president’s choice to replace Jeff Sessions
- Abstract: Matthew Whitaker is unconventional, and not in a good way
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Matthew Whitaker is unconventional, and not in a good way
- Water in California
- Abstract: The president wants to wade into an old, old fight
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The president wants to wade into an old, old fight
- California’s wildfires and the new abnormal
- Abstract: Understanding the deadliest fire in the state’s history
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Understanding the deadliest fire in the state’s history
- Recounts in Florida
- Abstract: Déjà vu all over again in the Sunshine State
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Déjà vu all over again in the Sunshine State
- Bringing investment to poor places
- Abstract: Will opportunity zones work' Or are they just a tax break for America’s wealthiest'
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Will opportunity zones work' Or are they just a tax break for America’s wealthiest'
- Adam Schiff hopes to fight Donald Trump with facts
- Abstract: Hollywood’s unlikeliest star will assume a lead role in 2019
PubDate: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Hollywood’s unlikeliest star will assume a lead role in 2019
- How the governors’ races went
- Abstract: The Democrats pay attention, and make gains
PubDate: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The Democrats pay attention, and make gains
- Broken machines, ballot-shortages, and too many long queues
- Abstract: Some states are really bad at running elections
PubDate: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Some states are really bad at running elections
- Jeff Sessions loses his job
- Abstract: President Donald Trump removes his attorney-general
PubDate: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: President Donald Trump removes his attorney-general
- When voters make policy changes themselves
- Abstract: Americans voted on more than 150 ballot initiatives on Election Day
PubDate: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Americans voted on more than 150 ballot initiatives on Election Day
- The mid-term Senate races
- Abstract: As Democrats improve in the suburbs, they grow even weaker in rural states
PubDate: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: As Democrats improve in the suburbs, they grow even weaker in rural states
- The House turns Democratic
- Abstract: Unified Republican government is over, and the president is checked
PubDate: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Unified Republican government is over, and the president is checked
- Democrats need to see immigration as a campaign issue
- Abstract: That is how Donald Trump sees it
PubDate: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: That is how Donald Trump sees it
- Why spend $170m to be elected as governor of Illinois'
- Abstract: J.B. Pritzker’s fortune could avenge a family feud, and change the balance of power in Springfield
PubDate: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 05:00:00 +000
- Abstract: J.B. Pritzker’s fortune could avenge a family feud, and change the balance of power in Springfield
- Polls augur well for House Democrats
- Abstract: Other indicators look even better
PubDate: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 04:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Other indicators look even better
- The White House makes a last-minute proposal on drug prices
- Abstract: Donald Trump wants to reduce drug prices. Good
PubDate: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 04:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Donald Trump wants to reduce drug prices. Good
- What is the link between political rhetoric and violence'
- Abstract: The president is not directly responsible for domestic terrorism, but he should be more careful
PubDate: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The president is not directly responsible for domestic terrorism, but he should be more careful
- Rent control is a hot-button issue in California again
- Abstract: The state with more homeless people than any other could rewrite its housing laws
PubDate: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The state with more homeless people than any other could rewrite its housing laws
- The Trump cult
- Abstract: Republican voters love the president for whom he hates
PubDate: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:40:21 +000
- Abstract: Republican voters love the president for whom he hates
- Identity politics are stronger on the right than the left
- Abstract: The Republican Party is increasingly unified around whiteness
PubDate: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: The Republican Party is increasingly unified around whiteness
- A conservative group that frustrates Republicans
- Abstract: Will the Amish turn out in November'
PubDate: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Will the Amish turn out in November'
- Why one of America’s richest states is also its poorest
- Abstract: NIMBYism is partly to blame
PubDate: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: NIMBYism is partly to blame
- Trump is not doing badly abroad
- Abstract: Unpredictability has some advantages
PubDate: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:44:21 +000
- Abstract: Unpredictability has some advantages
- America tears up an arms treaty, and harms itself
- Abstract: A farewell to arms control
PubDate: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:44:21 +000
- Abstract: A farewell to arms control
- Why states in Trump country are considering Medicaid expansion
- Abstract: Obamacare heads west
PubDate: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:44:21 +000
- Abstract: Obamacare heads west
- Gavin Newsom will be a thorn in Donald Trump’s side
- Abstract: How he deals with recession is a different matter
PubDate: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:44:21 +000
- Abstract: How he deals with recession is a different matter
- Larry Hogan hints at a post-Trump future for Republicans
- Abstract: A Republican in a blue state must be bipartisan to survive
PubDate: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:44:20 +000
- Abstract: A Republican in a blue state must be bipartisan to survive
- Wisconsin is twice as likely to imprison people as Minnesota
- Abstract: Mass incarceration is a political choice. It can be undone
PubDate: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Mass incarceration is a political choice. It can be undone
- California has some of the country’s closest mid-term elections
- Abstract: And this year the Republicans’ turnout advantage could be severely reduced
PubDate: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: And this year the Republicans’ turnout advantage could be severely reduced
- Measuring the #MeToo backlash
- Abstract: Survey respondents have become more sceptical about claims of sexual harassment
PubDate: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: Survey respondents have become more sceptical about claims of sexual harassment
- Switching parties in Trump’s America
- Abstract: As partisanship deepens, those who change their minds become more precious
PubDate: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +000
- Abstract: As partisanship deepens, those who change their minds become more precious