Leaders
Governing America
How to save the Supreme Court from itself
To avoid breaking a precious institution, the nine justices need to restrain themselves
Medicine
Wearable technology promises to revolutionise health care
Do not let bureaucracy delay matters
The rate fate that awaits
The Fed causes gyrations in financial markets
Despite a sudden rally, pain lies ahead
Cover your bases
How the West should respond to China’s search for foreign outposts
A Chinese deal with the Solomon Islands should be a wake-up call
The gag tightens
Press freedom is under attack. It needs defenders
Autocrats pay lip service to free speech while eroding it in insidious ways
Dismantling Londongrad
How to solve Britain’s dirty-money problem
If the government really wants to take on the oligarchs it should fund its corruption-fighters properly
Letters
On children, China, quadratic voting, art, immigration, Marmite, car plates
Letters to the editor
By Invitation
Russia and Ukraine
Tanvi Madan explains why India is not in Russia’s camp
Briefing
The law unto themselves
America’s Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy
The nine justices are increasingly at odds with the majority of citizens
Europe
Bearing the brunt
Europe’s hard-hit east is pushing the toughest response in Ukraine
After the honeymoon
Austria is rethinking its cosy ties with Russia
The next target?
Moldova is trying to stay out of Russia’s war with Ukraine
How things are done in Odessa
Odessa strives for normality despite Russia’s war
Britain
Isolated incidence
Life for Britons in care homes is still full of restrictions
Nutrient neutrality
Britain is tackling river pollution by going after the wrong culprits
Take back contrôle
Britain has become unexpectedly European
Middle East & Africa
Written by the victors
A lavish drama tries to rally Egyptians with dark memories
The paradox of untapped riches
How market failures are holding Africa back
United States
The draft seen round the world
How the end of Roe v Wade will affect American politics
Few tools to give them
Because of Ukraine, America’s arsenal of democracy is depleting
Population trends
California’s demography is at odds with the old California Dream
Reporting for duty
A new, progressive sheriff in New Orleans
The Americas
Hub for a hemisphere
If Latin America has a commercial capital, it is Miami
Wrecking ball
Mexico’s president takes on the electoral system
Asia
The name of the father
Another Ferdinand Marcos is set to become president of the Philippines
A koalossal problem
Australian scientists are jabbing koalas against chlamydia
Heat and no light
Indian power plants are running out of coal
Dangerous waters
South Korea’s incoming president faces a tough tenure
China
International
Technology Quarterly
The quantified self
Wearable devices are connecting health care to daily life
One ring to rule them all
Wearable devices measure a growing array of health indicators
Killer apps, saving lives
Apps interpreting data from wearable devices are helping people to live better
Digital therapeutics
Some health apps are able not just to diagnose diseases, but also to treat them
The pulse of the people
Data from wearable devices are changing disease surveillance and medical research
Business
Alibaba and the 40 officials
Can Chinese big tech learn to love Big Brother?
Ottomanpower
Turkish builders are thriving in Africa
Digital decongestants
A flotilla of startups wants to streamline global supply chains
Schumpeter
Facebook’s retirement plan
Finance & economics
Braced for impact
The Fed’s balance-sheet is about to shrink. Wall Street is not ready
Selling off the piggy bank
India begins the privatisation of its huge life-insurance company
‘Tis but a flesh wound
Russia’s economy is back on its feet
Mr Cook, tear down this wall
Watchdogs take a swipe at Apple Pay
Land of the crashing yen
Will an ever feebler currency save or sink Japan’s economy?
Free exchange
Why long-term economic growth often disappoints
Science & technology
Aerial surveillance
The spy in the sky that sees backwards in time
Culture
Combating diseases
Bill Gates explains “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic”
Home Entertainment
“The Good Soldier Svejk” and the idiocy of war
Shipping shenanigans
What really happened when pirates attacked the Brillante Virtuoso?
A campaigning Japanese film-maker
Hara Kazuo’s documentaries speak for the downtrodden
Speculative fiction
In “The Candy House” Jennifer Egan takes on tech
Economic & financial indicators
Indicators
Economic data, commodities and markets
Graphic detail
Church and choice
Religion, not gender, is the best predictor of views on abortion
Obituary
Travels with a piano