Good to Know: The public is a thermostat Alexander Kustov - January 3, 2025 Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite.
How Trump’s strategy echoes Jim Crow-era tactics Desh Girod - December 30, 2024 What W.E.B. Du Bois and “Wages of Whiteness” can teach us about the 2024 election.
Good Authority’s top 10 posts of 2024 John Sides - December 27, 2024 Here is what got the most attention from readers.
ECOWAS announced a timeline for its three departing members Emmanuel Balogun - December 23, 2024 Why Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger plan to exit the African bloc – and what happens now.
Movies that teach us about war – and the societies that wage it ▶️ Jay Lockenour - December 23, 2024 Each of these films has a powerful message about how past wars shape our current views of the world.
Good to Know: How tariffs work Alexandra Guisinger - December 20, 2024 The idea of tariffs as a tax revenue stream seems easy to understand. Their political consequences are less so.
Who will heal – and rebuild – Syria? Rana B. Khoury and Alexandra A. Siegel - December 19, 2024 Our data looks at the Syrian organizations that have been helping millions for more than a decade.
U.S. hostage policy will be quite different under Trump Danielle Gilbert - December 18, 2024 Freeing hostages is far more complicated than it seems.
How HTS toppled Assad’s regime and ended Syria’s 13-year civil war Christopher Clary, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, and Kimberly Howe - December 17, 2024 A Good Chat on what brought down one of the most brutal regimes in modern history.
The signs of democratic resilience in South Korea Ji Yeon Hong and Hye Young You - December 17, 2024 South Korean citizens have a clear message: There is no return to military rule.