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Voting rights: Wrong questions, wrong answers
May 23rd 2012, 3:27 from Democracy in America
America has changed since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, but has it changed since it was reauthorised—for good cause—in 2006?(74)
The Lord’s Resistance Army: It hasn’t gone away
May 17th 2012, 3:05 from Print edition
But the real problem is a lack of government in east and central Africa(7)
An intellectual-property exchange: Marketplace of ideas
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
A new financial exchange hopes to make it easier to trade patent rights(10)
Gay marriage: Punctuated equilibrium
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
Barack Obama makes up his mind on gay marriage(339)
Stephen King on taxes: Pet theory sematary
May 4th 2012, 2:04 from Democracy in America
Killing the "if-you-want-your-taxes-raised-why-don't-you-send-the-IRS-a-bigger-cheque" meme(60)
This week in print: Corruption in Brazil, a Bolivian expropriation, student protests in Quebec and gendercide in Ontario
May 3rd 2012, 4:26 from Americas view
A roundup of the week's Americas stories(0)
Congo: Will it ever be stable?
May 3rd 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
Another rebellion is brewing in Congo’s lawless east(12)
Fiscal policy: The master of horror on taxes
May 2nd 2012, 3:16 from Democracy in America
Whether rich liberals ought to donate money to the government is a confusing and probably irrelevant question(140)
Charles Taylor: What's fair for the war-criminal goose
Apr 30th 2012, 9:51 from Democracy in America
The former president of Liberia unconvincingly cited American actions in his defence(43)
Facebook's flotation: Revision time
Apr 24th 2012, 11:00 from Schumpeter
The giant social network reveals its latest results and pays a fortune for a pile of patents(91)
The week ahead: April 20th 2012: A momentous occasion
Apr 20th 2012, 4:21 from Newsbook
FRANCE holds the first round of its presidential elections, Egypt's election campaign gets under way, the International Criminal Court rules on Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor's case and Aung San Suu Kyi makes her parliamentary debut in Myanmar(0)
Justice for dictators: History rules
Apr 19th 2012, 3:09 from Print edition
A verdict is imminent in the case of Charles Taylor, pictured below, the first former head of state to be judged by an international court since the Nuremberg trials(51)
Intellectual property in China: Still murky
Apr 19th 2012, 3:09 from Print edition
Is the Middle Kingdom getting serious about protecting intellectual property?(17)
Intellectual-property wars: Patents into ploughshares
Apr 19th 2012, 10:53 from Babbage
Twitter announces it will only use its patents in the event of a suit against it or its partners(16)
Fiscal policy: Spending by any other name
Apr 18th 2012, 8:32 from Democracy in America
Do tax credits and deductions count as government spending? It's a surprisingly tricky question(127)
Babbage: April 18th 2012: Courtroom battles
Apr 18th 2012, 4:05 from Babbage
An antitrust case over e-book pricing, Google and Oracle in the "world series" of intellectual-property lawsuits, and a merger between two big 3D-printing companies(8)
The life of Lillian Hellman: Profile in courage
Apr 12th 2012, 3:07 from Print edition
Lillian Hellman, a popular playwright and bestselling author, was a minor player in American intellectual circles. So why is she still such a divisive figure?(20)
Trademarks: Google v Rosetta Stone
Apr 10th 2012, 5:50 from Johnson
If you Google a product, can Google serve you ads for that product's competitors?(67)
State-level tax reform: Not so easy
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
Georgia shows how hard it is to enact bold changes to the tax code(2)
America’s JOBS Act: Uncuffing capitalism
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
A welcome attempt to restore the appeal of initial public offerings in America(46)
Obamacare and the Supreme court: I am starting to hate broccoli
Mar 28th 2012, 4:05 from Democracy in America
Why the slippery-slope arguments against Obamacare don't make much sense(443)
Tax preparers: Guides through the swamp
Mar 22nd 2012, 4:10 from Print edition
A big shake-up for America’s tax-preparation industry(8)
Patenting biology: Prometheus unsound
Mar 22nd 2012, 4:10 from Print edition
America’s Supreme Court wallops the biotech industry(4)
Germany and Europe: Testing the limits
Mar 22nd 2012, 4:10 from Print edition
Even Germany has constitutional worries about more European integration(220)
The International Criminal Court: Bench-mark
Mar 14th 2012, 5:31 from Baobab
After ten years, the ICC gives its first verdict(17)