Sanctions Gaps and the Governance of Corruption Risk
by William Burke-White
If the rules for global sanctions are too messy to follow, who ends up holding the keys?
0:00 / 20:06 · Narrator Gacrux
Daily edition
2026-07-22
Today's Crosscut
Systems in Control
A driver might drift off while a car steers itself, but an ER doctor’s fight to get her husband the care he needed shows the frustration of someone ready to help when a rigid system won't let her step in.
Who’s in Charge? The Fraught Union of Automation and Human Behavior × Opinion: My Husband’s Suicide Shows There’s Something Very Wrong with the U.S. Insurance Industry
0:00 / 16:42 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
Could Life Exist on This Nearby World? In a First, Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on an Earth-Like Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone
If a rocky world 49 light-years away has air and water, is life the only thing missing?
0:00 / 5:52 · Narrator Rasalgethi
My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed
by Max Blau
How much can anyone really know about the farm that grew the blueberries in their fridge?
0:00 / 5:44 · Narrator Charon
Opinion: My Adult Daughter Has Down Syndrome. Her Life is Entirely Different From What Experts Expected
by Michelle Sie Whitten
When a doctor predicts a child’s life, how much of the story are they missing?
0:00 / 8:31 · Narrator Sulafat
For the curious →
How We Learned What Genes Are Made Of
by Kevin Blake, PhD
How did a kitchen cream separator and a few dead mice reveal what genes are made of?
0:00 / 16:14 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
‘No Matter How Busy a Train is, You Can Always Find a Quiet Space’: Travel Writer Monisha Rajesh
by Amritesh Mukherjee
How does the world look different when seen from a train window in the middle of the night?
0:00 / 12:51 · Narrator Algieba