The history and limits of America’s favourite new economic weapon

America has ramped up controls on technology trade with China

8h

Joe Biden uses his state-of-the union speech to rightly highlight his achievements

He has cause to boast—but time, along with the Republican House, is working against him

20h

American universities are hiring based on devotion to diversity

Mandatory statements are quickly taking hold of academia

4d

Medication for opioid addiction is getting easier to access

A pandemic experiment in America is about to be made permanent

6d

Why it was so easy for crooks to steal money meant for pandemic relief

America’s fragmented and antiquated state systems were an open door to fraud

6d

Republicans are right that federal budgeting is a joke

But threatening America’s credit is even dumber

6d

The sport of ice fishing is being transformed by technology

But global warming threatens its future

6d

Why holding bad police officers to account is so difficult

The killing of Tyre Nichols has put police reform back on the agenda

1w

America needs a new environmentalism

Preventing clean-energy infrastructure from being built is no way to save the planet

2w

Ron DeSantis wants to limit free speech in the name of free speech

The Sunshine State’s public colleges are getting a dose of illiberal right-wing politics

2w