Middle East Mess
White House Wags Finger At Putin

Has Lucy picked up the football so many times that even Charlie Brown knows better than to try and kick it again?

Nationalism Rising
Nationalists in China Hurt US Company’s Bottom Line

China isn’t going to back down on its maritime claims.

Hail Shale
While Europe Gets Gouged, Americans Enjoy Cheap Power

The savings will be particularly welcome in poorer households.

Pension Wars
Unions Ask Court to Rule Against Math

A crucial California pension case heads to the state’s Supreme Court.

6 / 39 Stuart Skelton as Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Photo by Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera.
The State of the Arts
Opera Americana

The Met is back with a stylish, modern Tristan und Isolde.

multiculturalism & its discontents
Californians Re-Litigate Bilingual Education

Dual-language instruction in California has a fraught history.

An Un-American TPP
China Pushes Pacific Trade Alternative

It’s important not to forget that free trade deals can serve a critical geopolitical purpose.

Volatile Voltage
German Green Mania Makes for Panicky Prices

Intermittent renewables are wreaking havoc on German electricity prices.

The Wild West
How the Golden State Became the Intellectual Capital of Trump’s GOP

California’s late 20th-century political history helps explain its outsized role in the pro-Trump intellectual right.

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Europe and Islam
The Facts and Figures on French Muslims

A think tank report sheds new light on how Islam is practiced (and not practiced) in France.

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