After two weeks of shutdown, Washington is finally talking about its real disagreementsByTim FernholzPublishedOctober 14, 2013
Quartz Daily Brief—Europe edition—Merkel meets the Greens, Obama meets Republicans, Fox shareholders revolt, genetic back painByQuartz StaffPublishedOctober 10, 2013
The markets are starting to look like they seriously think the US might not pay its debtByMatt PhillipsPublishedOctober 8, 2013
Al Gore’s solution to climate change: impose a carbon tax and publicly shame deniersByEmma GreenPublishedOctober 8, 2013
China’s veiled threat to buy fewer US Treasurys is an empty oneByGwynn GuilfordPublishedOctober 7, 2013
With Obama absent from Asia, China President Xi Jinping is taking care of businessByHeather TimmonsPublishedOctober 6, 2013
How Republicans in Washington are helping China wield more influence in Southeast AsiaByGwynn GuilfordPublishedOctober 3, 2013
Watch how the markets reacted to Italy’s crazy day in parliamentByJason KaraianPublishedOctober 2, 2013
Here’s what every US government department and agency website looks like under the shutdownByDavid YanofskyPublishedOctober 2, 2013
As the US government shuts down, China officially celebrates unityByHeather TimmonsPublishedOctober 1, 2013
Italy’s government is on the brink of collapse—so what else is new?ByJason KaraianPublishedOctober 1, 2013
Who will notice a US government shut down? Public workers, foreign governments and people with the fluByTim FernholzPublishedSeptember 29, 2013
Six things that could send US-Iranian relations back to the freezer within weeksByDavid RohdePublishedSeptember 29, 2013
How the NSA builds social graphs of Americans with phone, email, and location recordsByZachary M. SewardPublishedSeptember 28, 2013
A US government shutdown could hamstring the SEC and CFTC—and slow IPOs like Twitter’sBySimone FoxmanPublishedSeptember 27, 2013
Shutting down the US government may be the smartest decision Republican hardliners have made all yearByTim FernholzPublishedSeptember 27, 2013
Angela Merkel’s not looking as victorious as she did a few days agoByKai ArzheimerPublishedSeptember 26, 2013
François Hollande is vying to become the least popular French president in historyByJason KaraianPublishedSeptember 26, 2013
The Bo Xilai guide to doing time in a Chinese prison, the not-so-hard wayByAdam PasickPublishedSeptember 24, 2013