The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades – now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go alone [4d]
• Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life [4d]
• Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research [4d]
• Trump is changing student loan forgiveness rules – barring some public workers from getting relief, but resuming it for others [4d]
• The military’s diversity rises out of recruitment targets, not any ‘woke’ goals [4d]
• Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns [4d]
• Why can’t every country get along with each other? It comes down to resources, inequality and perception [4d]
• Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them [4d]
• Investors prefer ‘I’ over ‘we’ when CEOs apologize [4d]
• Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India [4d]
• All government shutdowns disrupt science − in 2025, the consequences extend far beyond a lapse in funding [4d]