The Intelligence: Going back to raid school
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A dramatic overnight raid in New York City was just one sign that protests at American universities are set to continue—a clear historical echo in an already-fraught election year. We ask why a niche newspaper run by Japan’s communist party has so much influence (13:05). And a study of new books on loneliness reveals both the benefits and drawbacks of solitude (20:39).
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| 1:06.5 | The Economist. |
| 1:13.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm O'Ogra Ogunbei. |
| 1:18.6 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:20.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:28.3 | An obscure communist newspaper in Japan is punching well above its weight, |
| 1:33.3 | landing big scoops and reporting on the kinds of political scandals that no one else would dare to. |
| 1:39.3 | What does it say about the rest of the country's media? |
| 1:45.0 | And the word lonely has pretty poor connotations, connecting it to bad emotions and even bad |
| 1:51.1 | health outcomes. |
| 1:52.7 | But our correspondent trolls through some new literature that reveals the nuanced upsides |
| 1:57.5 | of being alone. First up, though. |
| 2:10.6 | This morning, more signs of unrest at American universities. |
| 2:19.3 | At the University of California, Los Angeles, clashes broke out between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators. |
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