Checks and Balance: Cuba libre?
The Biden administration has announced new sanctions against Cuba, as the communist regime cracks down on the biggest protests in decades. How might t...
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The Economist's team of experts explore American politics in an extraordinary election year.US editor John Prideaux and his colleagues from across the US and around the world go beyond the headlines and the horserace to delve deeper into the race for the White House—and why it matters so much.
Checks and Balance: Trading places
What is President Biden's new China doctrine and will it work? The Economist's Beijing bureau chief looks back 20 years to the beginning of the era of...
Checks and Balance: History test
Twenty six Republican-led states have legislated to stop critical race theory being taught in schools. Local school board meetings have seen angry pro...
Checks and Balance: Steal works
Election administration used to be a sleepy corner of American bureaucracy. Now it’s the latest victim of extreme polarisation. A privately-funded aud...
Checks and Balance: Recovery time
As America reopens, new business creation is at record levels and there is upward pressure on wages for the first time in decades. How has the pandemi...
Checks and Balance: Agenda bender
In his first one hundred days Joe Biden looked ruthless, but his ambitious legislative agenda has since hit a wall. A series of crucial votes are expe...
Checks and Balance: After math
On his first overseas trip as president, Joe Biden has promised to send 500m covid-19 jabs to countries that need them. America’s vaccine success is m...
Checks and Balance: Merit where it’s due
The belief that people should advance according to their abilities rather than family pedigree is one of history’s most revolutionary ideas. But the m...
Checks and Balance: Texas carry’em
Texas legislators only meet every other year. Their most conservative session in a generation just relaxed gun laws and restricted abortion. Might Rep...
Checks and Balance: One year on
The idea that racism is resistant to laws meant to end it originated in academia a generation ago. It’s become more mainstream since the murder of Geo...