Far from being laboratories of democracy, American states are now Petri dishes of polarisation. Our latest cover story explains why only electoral reform can make them work properly https://econ.st/3B4weTz
In the two weeks after Roe v Wade was overturned, the number of people registering to vote increased by 10%, with the amount of new women voters far exceeding the number of men, our analysis finds
Clubs from the English Premier League spent €2.24bn on new players this summer, even more than the €2.18bn spent in the 2017-18 season across both transfer windows
—the company behind “Moonlight”, “Euphoria”, “Midsommar”, “Uncut Gems”, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and more—on the occasion of the company’s tenth birthday
America’s midterm elections are widely expected to deliver bad news for the Democrats, who may lose control of the House and, possibly, the Senate. Stay up to date with our coverage here
Covid-19 jabs will soon be commercialised in America when the government ceases to be the main buyer and sales switch to the private sector, making claims about ownership of patents more pressing
In Spain the slogan “No means no” gave way to a new one: Solo sí es sí, “only yes is yes”. Now Spain’s parliament has passed a new law with that at its core
It criticises China’s nebulous “anti-terrorism law system”, under which Uyghurs and other minorities were detained for such innocuous acts as downloading WhatsApp or contacting family abroad
As a cricket captain, Imran Khan ruthlessly replaced failing players. He conducted his premiership in the same vein. Charles Glass spent time with Pakistan’s deposed prime minister on his campaign to reclaim power
Yes, you read that correctly. NAFO, an online collective, wields memes as weapons. Their campaign has fans among the upper echelons of Ukraine’s government
Mikhail Gorbachev deserves to be celebrated. But many have either forgotten the lessons of his extraordinary story, or drawn precisely the wrong conclusions from it
The crabs are strapped to steel countertops and, still alive, drained of about a third of their blue-coloured blood. Then they are returned to the ocean
The EU came together to tackle the economic consequences of the pandemic lockdowns. Be under no illusions: the energy crisis requires a similarly bold response
If climate migration is sudden, massive and panicked, destination countries with cooler climates may surround themselves with barbed wire and refuse refugees entry
Inevitably, the frenetic activities of two of India’s largest business groups had to collide. That sort of competition “could lead to some imprudent financial decisions from both sides”, warned CreditSights, a research firm