Ashley Carse (Vanderbilt): Infrastructure: How a Humble French Engineering Term Shaped the Modern World. Graham Hassall (Victoria): The International Legislature: The UN General Assembly and the Inter Parliamentary Union: Collaborators or Rivals? Chinese president Xi Jinping calls for world without nuclear weapons. Eric Levitz on Chelsea Manning and the false logic of harsh prison sentences. EPA pick Scott Pruitt confirms “climate change is not a hoax” just as news breaks that 2016 was hottest year ever. States are going after abortion as never before, constitution be damned. Jeet Heer on how Democrats should run a celebrity for president, too. At work: Madeleine Morley interviews Christine Murray, editor of Architectural Review.
