The White House announces new sanctions connected to Russia's war machine and the death of Alexei Navalny. / NPR Six things the executive branch did this week—e.g., student-debt cancellation, an upgrade for water infrastructure. / Wake Up to Politics A satirical social media post brings a ton
The EU moves to sanction Indian and Chinese companies accused of helping to supply Russia's war on Ukraine. / The South China Morning Post Debunking four myths about Ukraine that have taken hold. / Politico Your weekly white paper: An annual poll of experts ranks Joe Biden in the top
A docked ship carrying 19,000 cows envelops Cape Town with a putrid smell. / The Associated Press Three of the world's biggest meatpackers are linked to illegal deforestation in Brazil. / BBC News Farmworkers in Florida band together to create the United States' "strongest set of workplace
Scientists spot the most luminous object ever detected in the known universe, with a brightness equivalent to 500 trillion suns. / BBC News Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny's widow, urges the world not to recognize Russia's election, scheduled for March. / Reuters Britain and France have 500 nuclear warheads
Making the case that Vladimir Putin assassinated his imprisoned rival Alexei Navalny. / Why It Matters See also: Navalny seen in video a day before his reported death. / BBC News How Navalnyorganized anti-Putin Russians—who remain and are in larger numbers than ever. / Foreign Affairs Tucker Carlson's quip
A family struggles amid health issues, financial turmoil, and an unsupportive state government: the year after a denied abortion. / ProPublica Yesterday, SpaceX launched a lunar launder that, if successful, will be the first private spacecraft to land on the moon. / Quartz See also: The legal and ethical tug of war
Britain and Japan fell into technical recessions in the final quarter of 2023. / ABC News Meanwhile, the sneaker resale market is plummeting. / Business of Fashion "Tooth fairy inflation" refers to parents competing over Generation Alpha's average payout per lost tooth. / The Wall Street Journal [+] "People
The United States CDC plans to drop its five-day COVID-19 isolation recommendations. / Reuters Michigan becomes the first state in decades to repeal the union-restricting law known as "right-to-work." / The Associated Press See also: A day in the life of our "most prolific&
South Africa says it's sending 3,000 troops to fight groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Reuters In 2022, the DRC produced almost three-quarters of the world's cobalt—"essential in the green-energy transition." / Semafor Taylor Swift's private flight to
Even as guns remain a cornerstone of Republican politics, the NRA is in decline, losing more than a million members over the last five years. / The New York Times [+] According to a new report, climate change is erasing many of the gains in air quality over the past few decades.
