The Economist explains how the uproar over President Biden's candidacy reveals dysfunction afflicting both major parties.

The Economist

How do you solve a problem like Joe Biden?

The attempt to kill Donald Trump should be a chilling reminder of how easy it is to trigger a lethal U.S. tradition. Read by Karl Miller.

Foreign Policy

This Is America, Too

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with the UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’. Read by Gary Furlong.

The Guardian

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Masoud Pezeshkian is said to detest the capital, Tehran. But The Economist asks: can he master its politics? 

Iran's new hope: a cardiologist president

During the UK's election campaign, David Lammy was determined to stay on message—but he has always had strong opinions. Read by Sharon Bott.


Britain’s new foreign secretary hates Trump and loves America

Scandalous revelations about Nobel Prize-winning writer Alice Munro offer a reminder that our heroes don’t just deserve scrutiny—in the end, their legacies benefit from it. Read by Mark Deakins.

The Wall Street Journal

Biographers owe their readers the full truth

The Economist presents simple ways to make the next generation more intelligent.


How to raise the world’s IQ

He had a successful Wall Street career. Why would he con his classmates? Read by Betsy Foldes Meiman.


New York Magazine

Inside the Harvard Business School ponzi scheme

For years, experts have warned of a wave of political violence. We should prepare for things to get worse before they get better. Read by Marni Penning.

The Atlantic

American Fury

At 46, Gwendolyn Bounds started to compete in gruelling obstacle-course races. Success didn’t come quickly—and that’s why the challenge was so rewarding. Now she shares her experience to help others fighting mid-life blues. Read by Betsy Foldes Meiman.

To fight midlife blues, try mastering something difficult

The anti-globalist MAGA enthusiast is more consequential than the average veep pick. 

Where would Donald Trump and J.D. Vance take America?

A largely forgotten psychological concept helps explain the insidiousness of minor problems – and what to do about it. Read by Gina Rogers.

Psyche

Why small annoyances can harm us more than big disruptions

Investors have started to worry about deficits and debt.


Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side

As the race to win the EV market intensifies, Paul Hockenos explains why Europe’s car companies are against—and environmentalists are for—making Chinese EVs more expensive. Read by Simon Mattacks.

The fight over China’s electric cars is upside-down

“Habits once labelled vices are creeping into all areas of life—thanks to our phones.” writes Christine Emba. Read by Deanna Anthony.

Gambling enters the family zone

Both President Biden and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump are working well past what is considered retirement age. With Biden now bowing out of the race, Allie Volpe learns how moving on from a productive career doesn’t need to be a blow to your identity. Read by Emily Woo Zeller.

How do you know it’s time to retire?

Your summer won’t be as good as you think it will be. It never is. 

Read by Deanna Anthony.

The case against summer

As the American space industry grows, attention to its environmental and safety impacts is growing, too, including dead rockets falling from the sky. Read by Michael Satow.

Rolling Stone

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s space trash!

A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis. Read by Marni Penning.

Nautilus

How we solved the hole in the ozone

As the Games get underway, President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo are vying for first place on the political podium. Read by Michael Bott.


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