The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• Is it illegal for the president to spend ‘patriotic’ donations on a White House ballroom or anything else? [21d]
• Darline Graham’s inherited Senate seat revives the ‘widow’s mandate’ with a sibling twist [21d]
• Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought [21d]
• Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world [22d]
• Colorado River water conservation efforts get only halfway to a solution [22d]
• Cursive is making a comeback. But does it deserve one? [22d]
• New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate [22d]
• Why social media algorithms send you posts you don’t like [22d]
• Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat [22d]
• White supremacists spin a Justice Department indictment against a hate-monitoring group to legitimize extremism and expand recruitment [22d]
• Colorado is facing a housing shortage - building more duplexes and townhomes could be part of the solution [22d]
• How journalists and communities work together to confront low levels of trust [22d]