MYSTERIOUS: 6 - What They Never Told You

Michael Pascoe: RIP trickle-down economics – even the financial markets have given up

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

The New Daily · Sep 27, 2022

US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2022

Ukraine: how the UK press reported the Nazi invasion 1941-45

During the second world war there were notable exceptions to the at times slavish patriotic devotion the press showed to the government line. Weekly political titles such as New Statesman and Nation, the Spectator and the Economist challenged government policy more consistently than daily newspapers.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

Article on ‘Fat’ Arab Women Sparks Uproar over Body-Shaming

To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. "Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world," it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival. The Economist article ran through possible explanations of the obesity gap of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 17, 2022

Article on 'fat' Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming

An article in The Economist about the prevalence of obesity among Arab women has triggered torrid criticism on social media, as well as a defamation lawsuit from an Iraqi actress whose photo was used to illustrate how Arab women are more prone to putting on weight

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

The Mar-a-Lago search prompts a big question: who snitched?

We may never know who turned on Trump, but Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump certainly make the most sense when it comes to possible informants

The Guardian - US · Aug 13, 2022

Chile is updating its constitution for the 21st century. The US should follow its lead

The US constitution used to be considered a model for democracies around the world – but its antiquated institutions and absence of rights have guaranteed its declining influence

The Guardian - US · Jul 28, 2022

Al Jazeera wins ‘Feature of the Year’ at the ABSW Awards

Feature about the Bostwana lab that discovered Omicron wins Feature of the Year-General.

Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2022

How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

WEKU · Jul 13, 2022

There's no cure for sickle cell disease, but spotting it early can improve treatment

Most of the global cases of sickle cell disease are diagnosed in African countries. The Economist Intelligence Unit – the research and analysis division of the Economist media group – estimated that in 2020 the total annual cost of treatment and impact on the economy of sickle cell disease across…

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2022