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Apartheid’s Long Shadow Hangs Over South Africa’s Election
South Africa is at a turning point. Thirty years after Nelson Mandela rose to power on a platform of equality, peace, and prosperity, the party he he…
1 year, 9 months ago
Who Wins the White House Could Reshape Your Taxes
Trump’s 2017 tax cuts were 30 years in the making. Some expire next year, and a nasty battle is brewing over whether to renew them.
On today’s Big Ta…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Man Who Ended Password Sharing at Netflix
Netflix is the biggest paid subscription streaming service in the world. But two years ago, its dominance was in question after it reported its first…
1 year, 9 months ago
What Does China’s Economic Slowdown Mean For the Communist Party?
After four decades of unparalleled gains in income and wealth, China’s 1.4 billion have been hit by a series of blows: a real estate collapse, a trad…
1 year, 9 months ago
What the Death of Iran’s President Means for Global Relationships
The deaths of Iran’s president and foreign minister in a helicopter crash were followed by a declaration of an official mourning period ahead of a ne…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Stock Market After GameStop (Again)
The meme stock era, led by Keith Gill, aka “Roaring Kitty,” seemed to have come and gone — until this week, when he reemerged on social media. It was…
1 year, 9 months ago
Trump’s 2024 Campaign: Smaller, Nimbler, Faster… And at a Courthouse
Team Trump is up against historic criminal trials and a failed reelection bid in 2020. Despite this, his 2024 campaign is organized, frugal – and get…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Restaurants That Don’t Want to Break Up With Gas Stoves
After Berkeley, California, became the first city in the US to ban natural gas in new buildings in 2019, it gained an unlikely opponent: the Californ…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Rise of Modi, Part 2: How India’s Leader Came Back From the Brink
In 2002, Narendra Modi was facing the biggest political crisis of his career. But in the aftermath of riots that left more than 1,000 people dead – m…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Rise of Modi, Part 1: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing
Narendra Modi is arguably the world’s most popular politician. With nearly 1 billion Indians eligible to vote in a six-week election that concludes o…
1 year, 9 months ago