A once-cautious regime is making a risky bet on low-level conflict
Why “Democracy in America” is worth going back to on the country’s 250th birthday
Cities struggle to respond to big gatherings of young folk
Welcome to the greying suburbs
Soviet-built factory towns are in the wrong spot now that Russia is the enemy
But it risks going down the wrong track
But it perfectly captures the British prime minister’s vanilla brand of populism
Tech must reorient towards moral purpose for it—and humankind—to flourish, argues Glen Weyl
Also this week, school meals in Indonesia, commuting, Barney Frank, MAGA tax, condoms
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