Bold Wine in new battles: Uganda’s election
After a violent campaign in which the opposition candidate Bobi Wine was extensively intimidated, authorities imposed an internet blackout. President Yoweri Museveni will almost certainly cling to pow...
15 Tammi 202119min
Two-timer: Trump impeached, again
Some House Republicans broke ranks, joining Democrats to hand President Donald Trump an ignominious distinction. Our deputy editor lays out why the Senate should now convict and remove him. Under Sout...
14 Tammi 202120min
Trial ensnarer: human-rights law’s new tool
War criminals and their ilk often evade justice solely because of squabbling over who can be tried where. But a rise in “universal jurisdiction” trials is tightening the net. Recent lockdowns’ hits to...
13 Tammi 202120min
You don’t say: tech’s Trump bans
Moves to shutter the president’s accounts and to crimp corners of the internet given to right-wing extremism raise thorny questions, both about free speech and social-media firms’ business models. Our...
12 Tammi 202122min
Wrest wing: the bid to oust Trump
Today Democratic lawmakers will begin attempts to remove President Donald Trump. It could fail, or be delayed—or Republicans could see a political opportunity. Even amid a global vaccination drive, th...
11 Tammi 202121min
The longer arm of the law: Hong Kong
A national-security law imposed by Beijing had not, until this week, bared its teeth; the arrests of dozens of pro-democracy figures reveals how much it can crimp opposition. At the American Economics...
8 Tammi 202123min
Riot act: Biden confirmed amid chaos
After previously unthinkable scenes played out in Washington’s legislature, we ask what the violence will mean for the president, Republican lawmakers and American democracy. Argentina’s move to liber...
7 Tammi 202120min
Run-off, their feat: Georgia’s Senate races
Democrats look set to win both the run-off elections that will determine control of the Senate—and how President-elect Joe Biden will be able to govern. Quantum computing is still nascent, its power y...
6 Tammi 202122min
