The Economist The fight over Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement

From: The Economist today - Friday Sep 25, 2020 09:14 pm

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September 25th 2020

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Courting trouble

The knife fight over Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement

Republicans may come to miss the norms they are breaking in the Senate

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Red hat, white-hot indignation

Amid a financial investigation at the Vatican, a cardinal is dismissed

Protesting his innocence, he hits back at Pope Francis

Banyan

Even as countries peck at each other, their birdwatchers co-operate

When all other forms of detente fail, reach for the binoculars

Week in charts

Governments’ errors with covid-19

The Supremes and the Senate • Zombie companies • Oracle’s dad dance • A quantum of promise

Free to read | Failing the poor

Covid-19 has reversed years of gains in the war on poverty

Politicians deserve much of the blame

A mini-war across the River Plate

Why Argentines are flocking to Uruguay

A small country lures migrants with tax breaks and a low infection rate

Cool to be kind

The sudden success of Sigrid Nunez

“What Are You Going Through” is a companion piece to her bestselling “The Friend”

Checks and Balance

Confirmation bias—is the Senate up to the job?

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