Active shooters, inactive politics: America’s latest school massacre

After 19 children and two adults were <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/05/25/the-spate-of-gun-violence-shows-american-exceptionalism-at-its-worst?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gunned down</a> in Texas, we ask why gun laws are actually loosening in many states and why even moderate gun controls do not get passed. The <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/05/24/where-is-monkeypox-spreading-fastest?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rapid spread</a> of monkeypox has rattled a covid-weary world; how much <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/20/monkeypox-is-popping-up-in-more-countries-how-worrying-is-this?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cause for concern</a> is there? And why teams of professional writers are <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/05/10/video-game-writing-is-improving-by-leaps-and-bounds?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">getting involved</a> in games development. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>