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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 9, 2021. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

117th U.S. Congress

Why is Manchin such a thorn in the Democratic Party’s side? Let us count the reasons.

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Thursday, June 10, 2021

People walk past a poster showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Chinese leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao on the Potala Palace Square during a government-organised media tour to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China June 1, 2021. Picture taken June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Martin Pollard

China

The clash of systems? Washington should avoid ideological competition with Beijing

Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss

Foreign Affairs Friday, June 11, 2021

Trucks driving on a highway at sunset.

Transportation Industry

Transportation capital and its effects on the US economy: A general equilibrium approach

Trevor S. Gallen and Clifford Winston

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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External Article

Commercial and Medicare Advantage payment for anesthesiology services

Erin Duffy, Bich Ly, Loren Adler, and Erin Trish

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines are seen at Mynydd Portref Wind Farm near Hendreforgan in South Wales, Britain, March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

Climate Change

Climate policy models need to get real about people — here’s how

David G. Victor, Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Valentina Bosetti, Vaibhav Chaturvedi, James Edmonds, Allen A. Fawcett, Stéphane Hallegatte, Detlef van Vuuren, and John Weyant

Nature Tuesday, June 8, 2021

A man wearing a face mask is seen inside the Shanghai Stock Exchange building, as the country is hit by a novel coronavirus outbreak, at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai, China February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

China

Global clout, domestic fragility

David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

Finance & Development June 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks before signing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

China

China: Two key questions

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Democracy Friday, June 4, 2021

**VIDEO AVAILABLE. CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE.**A giant hybrid sailboat has been created to reinforce the battle against plastic pollution in our oceans.Manta by SeaCleaners is the first-of-its-kind processing ship designed to collect, treat and repurpose large numbers of plastic debris floating in polluted waters, along the coasts, in estuaries, and in the mouths of large rivers.Relying primarily on renewable energy sources, the deep-sea vessel is eco-friendly and able to cross the oceans, intervening rapidly wherever it’s needed. Poised for launch in 2024, the Manta will operate autonomously 75% of the time without the use of fossil fuels, and it will have the ability to extract between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of floating plastic each year.Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep. Depending on the density and closeness of the layers of waste, the catamaran can collect between 1 to 3 tons of waste each hour. Even more impressive, its hybrid abilities means that this catamaran can operate for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Each boat is equipped with multiple collection systems, including a set of waste-collecting conveyor belts to bring the plastic from the ocean to the boat, three floatable systems to pick up surface waste, two smaller multipurpose collection rafts for shallower and narrower parts of the ocean that the larger catamaran can’t access, and two lateral cranes to pull larger pieces of debris from the water.According to the designers, led by the company’s founder Yvan Bourgnon, the first mission of the Manta will take place in Southeast Asia. After that, the Manta will operate in Africa and South America but will also intervene in temporarily polluted areas following climatic or natural disasters.The project is three years in the making and will mark the world’s only work boat capable of managing 100% of the plastic waste it collects. An onboard factory will he

Climate Change

Marking the decarbonization revolutions

David G. Victor and Ryan Hanna

Nature Thursday, June 3, 2021

Young person with teddy bear in hospital bed speaking with a doctor in a surgical mask.

Health Care Industry

How the health system overlooks young adults with chronic conditions

Stuart M. Butler

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Soldiers wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at an event to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait crisis in Kinmen, Taiwan, August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan

It’s not just China: Population, power generation, political polarization, and parochialism are also long-term threats to Taiwan’s success and survival

Syaru Shirley Lin

China Leadership Monitor Tuesday, June 1, 2021

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External Article

A year after George Floyd’s murder, corporate promises haven’t made Minneapolis more equal.

Tawanna Black and Amy Liu

Quartz Friday, May 28, 2021

Washington, DC - January, 6 2021: Trump supporters rioting at the US Capitol | Credit: Sebastian Portillo / Shutterstock.com

U.S. Politics & Government

4 reasons the GOP wouldn’t vote for a Jan. 6 commission

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Friday, May 28, 2021

--FILE--National flags of China and the United States are seen in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 31 May 2019.Even as Chinese and American trade negotiators laid plans to maintain "intensive consultation" this month, President Donald Trump said he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on an additional $300 billion a year of imports from China. Trump disclosed the expansion of tariffs Thursday in a tweet in which he also complained that China failed to increase agricultural purchases and to cut off the flow of the opioid drug fentanyl to the U.S. from China as he said President Xi Jinping promised. Trump said the new duties will be in addition to the tariffs of as much as 25% on $250 billion a year of Chinese imports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 200 points following the news, erasing a gain of 300 points earlier in the day. China didn't immediately respond to Trump's tweet, which he concluded by writing, "We look forward to continuing our positive dialogue with China."No Use China. No Use France.

China

Playing the China card

Noema Thursday, May 20, 2021

Taiwan flags hang above the streets in Taoyuan, Taiwan, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Asia & the Pacific

Japan, Taiwan, the United States, and the “free and open Indo-Pacific”

Wilson Center Thursday, May 20, 2021

Jan 6 Insurrection

117th U.S. Congress

What’s in the Jan. 6 Commission Bill?

Quinta Jurecic, Molly E. Reynolds, and Benjamin Wittes

Lawfare Tuesday, May 18, 2021