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The Economist Magazine – April 19, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (April 16, 2025): The latest issue features How a dollar crisis would unfold…

How a dollar crisis would unfold

If investors keep selling American assets, a grim fate awaits the world economy

In its pursuit of a policy, Donald Trump’s government is content to destroy a man

What’s at stake in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Zuckerberg on trial: why Meta deserves to win

Social media has plenty of problems. Lack of competition isn’t one of them

Brazil’s Supreme Court is on trial

How a superstar judge illuminates an excessive concentration of power

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Harper’s Magazine ——– May 2025 Preview

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Harper’s Magazine (April 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘War In The West Bank” – What choice for the Palestinians….

After Nonviolence

The end of peaceful resistance in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich

Radioactive Man

On (maybe) unraveling a government cover-up by Maddy Crowell

The Secret of Who She Was

How my mother learned to be invisible by Geoff Dyer

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Times Literary Supplement – April 18, 2025 Preview

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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (April 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Plays for Today’ – On what makes Shakespeare great; Miracles of Siena; Conversations about Gaza; Cyber insecurity and a Letter from Greenland…

This week’s @TheTLS, featuring Peter Holland, Lois Potter and Margreta de Grazia on Shakespeare; Nikhil Venkatesh on utilitarianism; @murielzagha on Holy Cow; @MirandaFrance1 on Sergio del Molino; @BorisDralyuk on Zbigniew Herbert; @lindseyhilsum on Greenland – and more pic.twitter.com/SBx8HrE7jx
— George Berridge (@George_Berridge) April 16, 2025

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The New York Times – Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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In Showdowns With the Courts, Trump Is Increasingly Combative

Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.

Even Without Add-Ons, Trump’s 10% Tariffs Will Have a Sting

The blanket tariffs, once considered extreme, still threaten to harm world trade and make everything more expensive for businesses and consumers.

‘We Don’t Have a Day or Night of Calm’

People in the Ukrainian city struck on Palm Sunday have little hope of a cease-fire.

Trump’s Dilemma: A Trade War That Threatens Every Other Negotiation With China

President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off negotiations about other issues like Taiwan, fentanyl, TikTok and more.