The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe
Columbia law professors Olatunde Johnson and Carol Sanger assess a momentous Supreme Court decision
Cover Preview: Columbia Magazine – Fall 2022
Tag Archives: Opinion
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Sept 10, 2022
Can Liz Truss fix Britain?
The new prime minister must eschew pantomime radicalism if she is to succeed. The sceptics have many reasons to be dubious—yet underestimating Liz Truss is a mistake her opponents have already made to their cost.
Opinion: Disunited States Of America, Britain Can’t Build, Pakistan Flooding
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the disunited states of America, why Britain can’t build (9:15) and Pakistan’s worst floods in recent memory (17:05).
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 12, 2022
George Balanchine’s Soviet Reckoning
New York City Ballet’s 1962 tour of the U.S.S.R. forced the great choreographer to confront the regime he’d fled and the people he’d left behind.
John Cuneo’s “Top Dog”
The artist discusses canine stars, his first trip abroad, and keeping a sense of the spontaneous in his work.
Preview: The Economist Magazine – Sept 3, 2022
American states are now Petri dishes of polarisation
Only electoral reform can make them work properly
Two states, two very different states of mind. On August 25th California banned the sale of petrol-powered cars from 2035, a move that will reshape the car industry, reduce carbon emissions and strain the state’s electricity grid. On the same day in Texas a “trigger” law banned abortion from the moment of conception, without exceptions for rape or incest. Those who perform abortions face up to 99 years in prison.
Opinion: Sanctions On Russia, Debt Forgiveness, Work Commute Waste
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, are sanctions on Russia working? Plus, Joe Biden’s sweeping debt-forgiveness plan (10:00) and in defence of commuting (15:10).
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 5, 2022
J. J. Sempé’s “Morning Music”
The French artist’s widow describes Sempé’s decades-long relationship with the magazine and his deep appreciation for its spirit, its staff, and its readers. By Françoise Mouly, Art by J. J. Sempé
Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Over
He’s had win after win—including overturning Roe v. Wade—yet seems more and more aggrieved. What drives his anger?
Preview: The Economist Magazine – August 27, 2022
Are sanctions working?
- China’s changing debt diplomacyTime to work with Western creditors
- Gene tweaking: a new era beginsScience has made a genetic revolution possible
- How diversity training can backfire?Many programmes may do more to protect against litigation than to reduce discrimination
- Streaming wars: dragons v hobbitsA century-old studio wages a big-budget war against a streaming upstart
Preview: The Guardian Weekly – August 26, 2022
Life and death: Inside the 26 August Guardian Weekly
Six months of hell in Ukraine. Plus: recession stalks Europe.
The troop buildups, the belligerent speeches, the excruciatingly staged Kremlin policy meetings … for months, the signs had been there in plain sight. Nonetheless, the order in the early hours of 24 February from Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine came as a lightning bolt, one that would change Europe for years to come.
Opinion: Will Trump Run In 2024, Visa-Mastercard, A New British Prime Minister
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, will Donald Trump run again? Also, the future of the Visa-Mastercard payments duopoly (9:35) and, what kind of prime minister will Britain get? (21:45).
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