Cervical cancer often strikes younger women. It is vaccine-preventable, yet millions will die of the disease over the next 50 years. This week I show that at least 3.7m women could be saved (5m cases averted) if we met the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 90% vax rate by 2030 econ.st/43EpeIw

Just a reminder to fellow journos that The Economist is hiring right now! We're looking for: -A Washington correspondent (apps due June 9!) rb.gy/c1uuv -A culture correspondent rb.gy/tcm81 -A Britain economics writer rb.gy/nidnz

The discussion of cost-saving and financial pressure is always floating around the NHS–this article really thoughtfully puts it in an American and human context nytimes.com/2023/06/15/mag…

“We must not let our government decide what care a person can get and what kind of care they can’t.” Jaime Miracle tells Stevie Hertz why she’s campaigning to protect abortion access in Ohio, on “Checks and Balance” econ.st/3Xn0F0F

Ohio is deciding how to decide economist.com/united-states/…

A trans-atlantic short story, courtesy of Stevie Hertz in NYC and me in London

“All this waiting comes with a cost.” Stevie Hertz visits a housing development in New York City that’s been held up for seven years, on “Checks and Balance”. Listen to our podcast on America’s housing problem: econ.st/46EoNQ0 👇

Steven Sondheim loved to write weird musicals (murder! reverse chronology! politically-motivated murder!) I wrote about his new show that might be the weirdest of all

A week today, Ohio will become the seventh state to vote on abortion rights since Dobbs. The anti-abortion campaign is using some novel messages and tactics to try and make sure this time the vote goes differently

Ohio is about to become the latest state to vote on adding a right to an abortion to its state constitution. Read how anti-abortion campaigners are trying to break their losing streak econ.st/46XXxwr 👇

Ohio is the seventh American state to vote on abortion access since the Dobbs ruling. On “The Intelligence”, Stevie Hertz explains how anti-abortion campaigns are fighting differently. Listen to the podcast: econ.st/47iF8dq

This is what Heritage thinks a GOP president should do, as laid out in Project 2025: reviving the nineteenth-century Comstock Act as a federal ban.

Aryn first spoke to me about bears MONTHS ago - her story is well worth the wait (she taught me in that conversation that unlike bug spray, bear spray is supposed to go on the bear, not on you, so, uh, tysm rly news you can use)

For The Economist 's Christmas issue, I told the tall tale of Roy, Silo and Tango, feathered freedom-fighters and unlikely standard-bearers in America's culture wars. It's a story of parenting, progress, prejudice--and penguins economist.com/christmas-spec…

In one of the funnest stories I've done in a while, I *put a spotlight* on the economics of Broadway for Money Talks The business most like show business? Venture capital, it turns out economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

In need of podcast recommendations? Discover our favourites of the year econ.st/3RmSY84 👇

Is there no business like show business? On our “Money Talks” podcast, Stevie Hertz raises the curtain on the economics of musical theatre econ.st/3GX4jal 🎧

There’s slow business in show business: why Broadway is struggling to find its rhythm after the pandemic econ.st/3O04s0m 👇

How could abortion affect America’s election? On “Checks and Balance”: econ.st/3X0oCNn 🎧 Stevie Hertz visits Florida’s amendment campaign 🎧 Daniella Raz talks through the numbers 🎧 Mary Ziegler on what’s at stake

The fight over abortion pills and the Comstock Act isn't over. Other plaintiffs are ready to bring identical claims and assert they have standing. And conservatives argue that a Trump DOJ could enforce the Comstock Act as a ban and force SCOTUS to take up the q.