The Economist (North America)
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ArticleVenezuela’s democracy
ArticleMuslim marriage in India
AFTER RETURNING from sunset prayers in the mosque next door, Khursheed Ahmed shoos away his all-male entourage to talk to a female journalist. The 71-year-old community leader is glum. A law he spent months unsuccessfully campaigning against...
ArticleMental health in China
HALF OF XIAO YAO’S clients, who are mostly women aged between 20 and 40, do not tell their parents that they pay 500 yuan ($75) for counselling sessions. The 33-year-old psychological counsellor says that older generations tend to take...
ArticleSafer Mogadishu
ONE EVENING six years ago Saakin Abdi, a young civil servant, enjoyed an ice-cream in central Mogadishu. Back then, residing in the Somali capital meant living with the knowledge that at any moment you could be the next victim of al-Shabab,...
ArticleDemocrats in Iowa
ROB SAND’S campaign gimmicks, to the extent that he has them, are better suited for a Norman Rockwell painting than a TikTok feed. The Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa begins his town halls with a sing-a-long of “America the...