By Guillermo Ortiz September 17, 2026 MEXICO CITY—For two consecutive years, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has anchored her administration’s economic legitimacy on a single, compelling metric: the dramatic reduction of extreme poverty. Following the ideological and political blueprint of her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (widely known as…
COPENHAGEN/LONDON — In an era defined by unprecedented technological advancement, medical breakthroughs, and aggregate wealth accumulation, political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly peddling a paradox: the persistent narrative that the West is in terminal decline. Even as their societies continue to grow wealthier in absolute terms,…
By Jim Giles July 23, 2026 In a significant leadership transition for the streaming sector, Emma Stewart, the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at Netflix, has announced her resignation. After nearly six years of steering the streaming giant through a complex transition toward net-zero operations, Stewart is stepping down to join…
If you are looking for a relaxing way to spend a Tuesday, a House congressional hearing is rarely the answer. But for those following the escalating "culture war" currently consuming Washington, the recent hearing titled “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past” was a masterclass in…
By Kai Guo | July 17, 2026 For decades, the prevailing consensus in Western economic circles regarding China’s industrial rise was defined by a singular, persistent variable: the state subsidy. From the solar boom of the mid-2000s to the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) in the 2020s, the narrative…
