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The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it #press
Americans are moving to places besieged by extreme heat
To stay liveable, hot cities are experimenting with ways to keep cool #press
American universities have an incentive to seem extortionate
They are much cheaper than the “crisis of college affordability” suggests #press
Fentanyl is spreading the opioid crisis into America’s big cities
And death rates may rise further #press
America’s firefighters mostly do not fight fires
Some of them are a bit lost #press
America’s states are pursuing their own foreign policies
State legislatures are becoming another front in America’s clash with China #press
The bad bind bedevilling Mike Pence and Chris Christie
Former courtiers to Donald Trump try to take down their old boss #press
As response rates decline, the risk of polling errors rises
A growing problem for America’s pollsters #press
AI is making Washington smarter
So far, lawmakers are taking cautious, bipartisan steps toward regulating it #press
Joe Biden should run against the Ivy League
The Supreme Court has given him the chance to restore his party’s commitment to uplift for all #press
The FDA approves the first-ever non-prescription birth-control pill
Progressives hope it will blunt the effect of abortion bans #press
Horrifying numbers of Americans will not make it to old age
America tolerates rates of early death well beyond those of other rich countries #press
Could the 14th Amendment fix America’s debt-ceiling debacle?
A constitutional workaround is plausible—but a deal would be better #press
Can downtown densification rescue Cleveland?
Dan Gilbert, a Detroit-based billionaire, thinks so #press
America’s states are pursuing their own foreign policies
State legislatures are becoming another front in America’s clash with China #press
Republican presidential candidates canoodle with Moms for Liberty
They hope that whipping up maternal fervour will propel them to the nomination #press
The American left and right loathe each other and agree on a lot
Economic philosophy is not just changing—it is converging #press
Judge and staff shortages are leaving Americans in limbo
Many are not getting their day in court #press
The FDA approves the first-ever non-prescription birth-control pill
Progressives hope it will blunt the effect of abortion bans #press
Only politics, not the law, can stop Donald Trump
His lies will otherwise remain an effective political and legal tool #press