Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to have a say on it.

I’ve seen Disney’s latest bingeable series, The Stolen Girl, variously described as a “posh-house drama”, “the equivalent of an airport novel” and “enjoyably preposterous” – so what’s not to like? One ...

Mayors from the Democratic Party aren’t making cities any more – or less – dangerous than mayors from the Republican Party.

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As views on spanking shift worldwide, most US adults support it, and 19 states allow physical punishment in schools ...

Playing on a sort of fabricated nostalgia for the 80s, this film presents a version of the period that lacks any real insight or depth.

Because the US government has rarely offered full-throated support for the arts, there’s a long tradition of innovation, adaptation and collective action among American artists.

The most infamous example is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, where the US raised tariffs on over 20,000 imports — a move that worsened the Great Depression and led to global retaliations.

In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.

This week’s episode looks at the third week of the election campaign, competing housing policies and the second leaders’ debate.

Digital technology has interconnected people and services, but global governance driven by mercantilist interests have led to unprecedented marginalization, exacerbating poverty, immigration crisis, ...

"Technology is integral to the discourse on the future, and we need to be part of the future. We must be involved in shaping it, not cut out from it." ...