Fentanyl is spreading the opioid crisis into America’s big cities
And death rates may rise further #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/27/fentanyl-is-spreading-the-opioid-crisis-into-americas-big-cities?utm_source=press.coop
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Nearly all Louisiana’s death-row inmates have filed for clemency
The lame-duck governor could grant it before his term ends in 2024 #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/22/nearly-all-louisianas-death-row-inmates-have-filed-for-clemency?utm_source=press.coop
AI is making Washington smarter
So far, lawmakers are taking cautious, bipartisan steps toward regulating it #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/ai-is-making-washington-smarter?utm_source=press.coop
Why America’s Supreme Court has ended affirmative action
The six-justice conservative majority overpowered the three liberal dissenters #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/why-americas-supreme-court-has-ended-affirmative-action?utm_source=press.coop
Dick Ravitch, New York’s fiscal superman
The developer who helped save the city and later kept the subway on track died on June 25th #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/dick-ravitch-new-yorks-fiscal-superman?utm_source=press.coop
Chicago hopes to become a world centre for quantum research
But to what end? #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/chicago-hopes-to-become-a-world-centre-for-quantum-research?utm_source=press.coop
Republican presidential candidates canoodle with Moms for Liberty
They hope that whipping up maternal fervour will propel them to the nomination #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/06/republican-presidential-candidates-canoodle-with-moms-for-liberty?utm_source=press.coop
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
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/12/joe-biden-should-run-against-the-ivy-league?utm_source=press.coop
The FDA approves the first-ever non-prescription birth-control pill
Progressives hope it will blunt the effect of abortion bans #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/20/the-fda-approves-the-first-ever-non-prescription-birth-control-pill?utm_source=press.coop
The making of America’s Ivy League elite
A new paper quantifies the boost that students with rich parents get when applying to the best universities #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/24/the-making-of-americas-ivy-league-elite?utm_source=press.coop
Joe Biden donates weapons to Taiwan, as he does to Ukraine
Will it forestall a crisis with China, or provoke one? #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/28/joe-biden-donates-weapons-to-taiwan-as-he-does-to-ukraine?utm_source=press.coop
Donald Trump is facing his most serious charges yet
The Republican front-runner for 2024 is indicted for plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/02/donald-trump-is-indicted-for-trying-to-steal-the-2020-election?utm_source=press.coop
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
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/31/horrifying-numbers-of-americans-will-not-make-it-to-old-age?utm_source=press.coop
Donald Trump is facing his most serious charges yet
The Republican front-runner for 2024 is indicted for plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/02/donald-trump-is-indicted-for-trying-to-steal-the-2020-election?utm_source=press.coop
America’s firefighters mostly do not fight fires
Some of them are a bit lost #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/08/03/americas-firefighters-mostly-do-not-fight-fires?utm_source=press.coop
Oppenheimer’s secret city is a shrine to the Manhattan Project
A tiny town in New Mexico is proud to be the place the bomb was invented #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/24/oppenheimers-secret-city-is-a-shrine-to-the-manhattan-project?utm_source=press.coop
The fault lines in America’s China policy
How to make sense of the cacophony inside and outside the White House #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/16/the-fault-lines-in-americas-china-policy?utm_source=press.coop
The push to bring insulin prices down in America
But not all patients are able to use the available schemes #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/25/the-push-to-bring-insulin-prices-down-in-america?utm_source=press.coop
How Donald Trump’s trials and the Republican primary will intersect
Where the rule of law clashes with the will of the people #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/25/how-donald-trumps-trials-and-the-republican-primary-will-intersect?utm_source=press.coop
Can the debt-ceiling deal hold?
One vote later today will either inflame or quell the chances of default #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/31/can-the-debt-ceiling-deal-hold?utm_source=press.coop