Today we're reporting from the front lines of America's housing crisis on a powerful yet polarizing policy that's flown under the radar in the presidential campaign: rent control for all. Today's News + Politics email also sets sail into the future of the coronavirus-damaged cruise industry (pictured) and delves into the dark online universe that confronts India's Muslim politicians.
| Nowhere is a call for rent control more likely to strike a chord than in the Golden State. Justin Tombolesi shares a two-bedroom unit in a quadruplex with a married couple in their 50s. He’s helping them convince their landlord to fix up the building in exchange for renting their spare bedroom at a reduced rate. Voters like Tombolesi are at the heart of a growing pitch from Democratic presidential contenders who insist they have a dramatic fix: national rent control. | READ NOW |
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| | A failed "father-son" relationship sours hopes for democracy in both Malaysia and the region. The feud between Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has defined Malaysian politics for most of the last two decades. The former is the self-dubbed “reformasi” leader; the latter so resisted reform that he jailed Anwar on trumped-up sex and corruption charges for more than a decade. Yet the unlikely alliance of former enemies, which together in 2018 overthrew a corrupt majority party that had ruled since independence for more than a half-century, was seen as a bright light for all of Southeast Asia. After all, if even these two could make amends in the name of democracy and more transparent government, couldn’t anyone? But barely two years later, that optimism has soured. | READ NOW |
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| | Quarantines, canceled sailings and worries over infection are weighing on a $45 billion industry. |
| | What should be pressing international issues take a backseat to the American presidential election. |
| | To secure an unassailable delegate majority, Sanders will have to close the deal with Black voters, starting in South Carolina. |
| | Social media abuse isn't distributed equally. |
| | The Russians are coming! As they try to boost Trump — and Bernie Sanders — we're no better prepared than 2016. |
| | Dave Rubin draws millions of eyeballs to his home for the a-religious right. |
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