Opinion

It’s good to see that some US politicians are still working on fixing the country’s broken healthcare system. Proposals from Senator Bernie Sanders had some very promising elements, though also some less helpful ones. Unfortunately, it seems that the only piece of his plan likely to make it into the final spending bill is the least helpful part: the expansion ...

One of the most celebrated passages in the Bible occurs in St Matthew’s gospel. A rich young man asked Jesus, “What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” Jesus responds, “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.” Alas, charity has always been easier said than done. “But ...

Investors are cheering the news that Apple Inc is increasing the output for its next lineup of iPhones. While it may seem like a positive signal for future demand, reality is a bit more complicated. Bloomberg News reported that Apple has told its suppliers to make as many as 90 million next-generation iPhones for its initial run, a figure that ...

Sustainable agriculture is having its political moment. The Biden administration deserves credit for being the first to recognise that food system reforms can go a long way toward solving the climate crisis. Yet for all its big-picture vision, some critical details are getting overlooked. A big one is a loophole within the USDA’s National Organic Program that undermines its mission ...

After the assassination of its president, Haiti is once again in danger of spiraling into political chaos. The country’s chronic dysfunction is both a result and a cause of its chronic poverty. What it needs is to focus on economic growth — and to do that, Haiti should copy its more successful neighbors like Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Right ...

Trade in coal and steel powered the European Union’s formative years. Now the bloc wants to lead the world on climate responsibility, with a bumper package of proposals from expanding an emissions-trading system to banning fossil fuel cars to reach its 2050 target of carbon neutrality. But for all the aspirational visions, there are justified jitters that the European project’s ...

Facebook Inc is betting big to get its piece of the creator economy. But even for a dominant technology platform, money alone doesn’t guarantee success. The company announced plans to pay more than $1 billion to creators by the end of 2022 for making content on its platforms — from providing initial seed money to giving bonuses based on certain ...

As of July 19, people in England will be able to host house parties and weddings with unlimited guests, crowd into music and sporting venues. It’s the summer of fun that young adults and teens have been yearning for. But will they really be able to enjoy it, and at what cost? As Covid cases soar again, many millennials and ...

The unrest on Cuba’s streets is the biggest challenge to the country’s communist government in decades. And it poses a dilemma for the Biden administration, which previously said it wants to ease US sanctions against the Cuban regime. President Biden needs a way to maintain pressure on the government while moderating penalties that have unavoidably worsened the economic plight of ...

President Joe Biden says the US is facing a crisis of democracy, but he’s not acting as though he believes it. In a speech in Philadelphia, Biden said that the voting system is threatened as it has not been since the Civil War. His recommended solution is to pass legislation that has been known for months to be dead in ...