Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking a look ...

The term “Françafrique” describes the political, economic and military networks built to preserve French influence in Africa.

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.

A major question hangs over the Supreme Court’s closely watched case this week involving President Donald Trump’s sweeping ...

The future of equity in Canada depends on moving beyond simply counting racialized people in power and instead examining how power works, upholds injustice and can be transformed.

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed ...

Cast your mind back to last year’s general election. Do you remember Rishi Sunak telling anyone who would listen that Labour was planning big tax rises? And the way Labour kept swearing it would do no ...

In her Op-Ed “On vibrant communities and economic strength” (Times-Standard, Sept. 19, Page A4), Supervisor Natalie Arroyo talks of “Planning for the future we want to see.” We face obstacles to this ...

Born from the high, cold springs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and destined for the Gulf of Mexico, the clear waters of the Oconaluftee River have a long journey ahead. The river flows ...

The CBS News polling team asked Americans to come up with one word to describe the economy, and the top one they picked was uncertain, CBS News director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto says ...

The deal that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hammered out with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last Wednesday might be good for his shareholders. But it’s bad for America. After Huang promised to ...