The Economist
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Lexington
How Donald Trump boxed his party in
Despite his unpopularity, Republicans have to bet on him to hold their congressional majorities
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Schumpeter
The rise of retrofuturism
A new aesthetic is taking hold in Silicon Valley and beyond
Girls belonging to a patriotic club hold guns during a competition at the Military-Patriotic Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia
Putin’s war on children’s minds
Russia has turned its schools into indoctrination machines
Soviet-style educational propaganda is back
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Smart speakers
The new age of the orator
As reading declines, ideas are spreading not by text but by spoken word