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this week in america

Trump tweeted this about 15 mins before announcing a pause on tariffs which caused an absolutely massive spike in the market. The opportunity for corruption is just genuinely hard to fathom

The hopeless search for Trump’s cunning plan via ⁦FT Opinion⁩ ⁦Janan Ganesh, Esq.⁩ on.ft.com/3EfmvOz

This week we were told: -Textiles could move from Asia to Central America to take advantage of the lower tariff. Lasted a couple hours -US would make smartphones. Lasted a few days -Chip tariffs were a matter of national security. Lasted a few days The pile of evidence that

BBC updated the headline to something much more appropriate. It’s a good example of the difference a headline makes in telling the same story.

a bunch of people working really hard to achieve something and then this doofus immediately breaking it is an incredible metaphor for this whole jackass administration

At first you’re relieved Harvard didn’t do what Columbia did and give in to censorship, even for $2 billion. Then you read what the Trump administration wanted to do to Harvard and realize there was no choice, it wouldn’t have been a university any more nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/…

every clip from a republican town hall I’ve seen has been *chef’s kiss*

“Every time a politician cites ‘capacity,’ I’m reminded of professor Luna Vives, a migration policy expert at Université de Montréal, who told me: “Capacity is not something that exists. It’s something that we create.’” #migration #Quebec #Canada

If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.

Violent crime in Germany has dropped over the last 25 years — but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines. Media outlets often spotlight non-German suspects, distorting public perception and fueling fear. Here’s how that bias works — and what needs to change:

Since the Conservatives are making sure nobody missed their woke thing, here’s a critique we ran recently.

To send a message to all lawyers and judges. To erode the power of checks and balances. To rule unfettered.

Sad, sad times.

A great leader manages a crisis by establishing priorities

Our final event of the semester! Join us online on May 20th for Elections in Troubled Times: The 2025 Canadian Election in Historical Perspective, a free webinar feat. Ken Carty, Patrice Dutil, Tom Flanagan, David MacKenzie, and Barbara Messamore. Moderated by Jennifer Elrick

Revisit Anthony Bourdain’s 1999 essay about working in Manhattan restaurants. “Gastronomy is the science of pain,” he writes. “It was the unsavory side of professional cooking that attracted me to it in the first place.” nyer.cm/A48K7NU

In Fahrenheit 451, the abolition of reading began with tech companies simplifying books into summaries that you could read in five minutes. Because people no longer engaged with the texts, they forgot how to think. Then came the book-burnings.

Dear Harvard University This is an unbelievably good idea. I don't think you will do it, but you should.

Book bans are rising, but everyday Americans don't want bans. We tested ~2,000 people and found broad acceptance, not polarization. The public doesn't echo elite battles. 📄 Cultural Polarization & Social Groups: The Case of Book Banning 🔗 osf.io/zpe8y_v1