News Analysis
Campus Kangaroo Courts
The Limits of Title IX

Why campuses are not the proper forum for adjudicating sexual assault.

The China Bubble
In China, the Private Sector Watches from the Sidelines

Anti-liberalizing forces have been at work in China for much longer than anyone thought.

Clinton
the clinton machine
More Than Carelessness

The narrow focus on Clinton’s judgment obscures a more important question.

The Dragon and the Giraffe
Don’t Freak Out About China in Africa

A word to China-in-Africa watchers: Stop the collective freak-out about Chinese masterminds spreading their brilliant ideology in Africa. It’s. Just. Not. Happening.

The European Immigration Crisis
EU Approves New Border and Coast Guard Agency

The measure will help with the immigration crisis, but it’s time to do more—plus, how the U.S. can help.

Making the Trains Run On Time
Public Transit Nor’easter Lands in City of Brotherly Love

The failures underscore why it can be so hard for Americans to get behind ponying up more money for passenger rail improvements.

Enviro-Mental
Germany’s Energiewende Sticks It to the Poor

German lawmakers want to keep exempting heavy industry from green power surcharges, but what about German households?

campus culture wars
Where the Professors Are Moving Right

The region was also Donald Trump’s worst in the 2016 primaries.

Grid-lock
The Cautionary Tale of Japan’s Solar Experiment

Japan’s fledgling solar boom is threatening to go bust as it struggles to connect new producers to its grids.

The Wealth of Nations
Rich Russians Take a Hit

The best-off have lost a lot of money in the last year, a new study shows.

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