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polarizing
Democratic Voters: Party Should Move Left

Genuinely centrist Democrats are in short supply, and the party’s voters seem less determined to elevate them after the election than before.

Ankara Away?
China Eyes Turkey For Shanghai Cooperation Organization

As Erdogan grows disillusioned with Europe, China sees an opening to bring Turkey into its fold.

A New Cud to Chew
Seaweed Eating Cows Could Cool the Climate

A change in diet is helping mitigate bovine methane emissions.

Pension Blues
LA Pension Squeeze Tightens

Such gross fiscal mismanagement would be a crime if it were committed in the private sector.

South China Sea Change
Duterte Orders No-Fish Zone at Scarborough Shoal

The Philippine president wants to keep the disputed Scarborough Shoal off-limits to fishing. Will the Chinese play along?

Trumpquake Cont'd.
Fillon’s Victory Brings Uncertainty to French Race

Yet another election gets more unpredictable.

the fallout
Media Big Loser in 2016 Campaign

No participant in the 2016 presidential election fares well in Pew’s post-election survey, but the most despised institution of them all is the news media.

The Influence Game
China Internship Program Points to Widespread Bribery

JP Morgan has settled a large-scale bribery case involving its hiring of unqualified Chinese “princelings.”

illiberalism
Minority Identity Politics Creates Majority Identity Politics

Mark Lilla explains how the academic and media fixation on identity politics doomed the center-Left this election cycle.

Future Food
Scientists Hack Photosynthesis to Help Feed the Planet

Researchers discovered a way to increase photosynthetic efficiency—and plant growth—by 15 percent.

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