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
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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
Why many American states and cities are changing their flags
Farewell fussy seals, hello simple pine trees and beehives #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/why-many-american-states-and-cities-are-changing-their-flags?utm_source=press.coop
Horse-racing in America needs to improve its odds
A struggle for survival is under way for horses and courses #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/11/horse-racing-in-america-needs-to-improve-its-odds?utm_source=press.coop
Conservative Americans are building a parallel economy
For-profit polarisation #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/01/conservative-americans-are-building-a-parallel-economy?utm_source=press.coop
America’s states are pursuing their own foreign policies
State legislatures are becoming another front in America’s clash with China #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/01/americas-states-are-pursuing-their-own-foreign-policies?utm_source=press.coop
The bad bind bedevilling Mike Pence and Chris Christie
Former courtiers to Donald Trump try to take down their old boss #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/06/the-bad-bind-bedevilling-mike-pence-and-chris-christie?utm_source=press.coop
USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world
The goal for the agency is to put itself out of business #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/04/usaid-is-changing-the-way-it-tries-to-do-good-in-the-world?utm_source=press.coop
Georgia, the Peach State, has no peach crop this year
But the fuzzy fruit is more cultural icon than economic export #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/08/georgia-the-peach-state-has-no-peach-crop-this-year?utm_source=press.coop
How ChatGPT could help teachers and lower the cost of college
The college essay may be dying, but AI has plenty of upsides in education #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/15/how-chatgpt-could-help-teachers-and-lower-the-cost-of-college?utm_source=press.coop
The American left and right loathe each other and agree on a lot
Economic philosophy is not just changing—it is converging #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/13/the-american-left-and-right-loathe-each-other-and-agree-on-a-lot?utm_source=press.coop
How Mexico has become the “enemy” of America’s Republicans
A growing number of them want to use military force against drug cartels #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/20/how-mexico-has-become-the-enemy-of-americas-republicans?utm_source=press.coop
American universities have an incentive to seem extortionate
They are much cheaper than the “crisis of college affordability” suggests #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/07/23/american-universities-have-an-incentive-to-seem-extortionate?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 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
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
The South is fast becoming America’s industrial heartland
Joe Biden’s manufacturing boom is accelerating the region’s rise #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/12/the-south-is-fast-becoming-americas-industrial-heartland?utm_source=press.coop
Why many American states and cities are changing their flags
Farewell fussy seals, hello simple pine trees and beehives #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/why-many-american-states-and-cities-are-changing-their-flags?utm_source=press.coop
What the rise of student consulting clubs means
Gen Z are apparently delighted to work for nothing #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/what-the-rise-of-student-consulting-clubs-means?utm_source=press.coop
Massachusetts is not the gun-control beacon it once was
The state’s mass exporting of firearms has helped fuel the national crisis #press
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/06/29/massachusetts-is-not-the-gun-control-beacon-it-once-was?utm_source=press.coop