Guilherme Levorato / Panamerican DispatchThe Workers Party’s long recovery of the urban vote continues as Lula wins 49% of the vote in Brazil’s 200 largest cities to overtake Bolsonaro.Courts & Law
Dean Baker / Beat the PressReplacing patent monopolies with public funding for medical research could further lower costs and improve access to treatments.Ear to the Ground
Emma Lehman / TruthdigAs voters prepare to decide on the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, a collapsing healthcare system and the future of direct democracy hang in the balance.Opinion
Luke Savage / TruthdigFrance’s most famous economist says its youth are revolting against a model that has destroyed shared goods while funneling unprecedented wealth upward to a small few.Race
Natalia Cintra, Tosin Durodola / Africa Is A CountryTwo centuries after the American Colonization Society shipped free Black Americans to Liberia, Washington is again using the country as a deposit for its undesirables.Business & Economy
Cate Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Sebastian Rotella / ProPublicaThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view.
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Diane de Vignemont / TruthdigWhile media have fixated on the violence, French students achieved something rare on the weekend: Sectors that usually fight alone marched together.
Thomas Fazi / Responsible StatecraftWhile nearly all cases fall apart under scrutiny, the narrative of a gray-zone conflict with Moscow conditions citizens of Europe to believe they are under attack.
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Business & Economy
Affordability is a major concern for voters as costs for gas, groceries and healthcare skyrocket.
Environment
New laws are treating cooling as a necessity rather than a luxury, though what landlords must provide varies widely.
Americas
The Workers Party’s long recovery of the urban vote continues as Lula wins 49% of the vote in Brazil’s 200 largest cities to overtake Bolsonaro.
Courts & Law
The monitors will be dispatched to Portland and Lewiston, home to the state’s largest share of immigrants.
Economic Justice
Replacing patent monopolies with public funding for medical research could further lower costs and improve access to treatments.
Ear to the Ground
MAGA Republicans follow a dismal pattern of excusing misogyny, pedophilia and cruelty.
TD Original
As voters prepare to decide on the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, a collapsing healthcare system and the future of direct democracy hang in the balance.
Opinion
France’s most famous economist says its youth are revolting against a model that has destroyed shared goods while funneling unprecedented wealth upward to a small few.
Race
Two centuries after the American Colonization Society shipped free Black Americans to Liberia, Washington is again using the country as a deposit for its undesirables.
Business & Economy
The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view.
Global Voices
While media have fixated on the violence, French students achieved something rare on the weekend: Sectors that usually fight alone marched together.
