Heartbeat of the matter: Texass draconian abortion law

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 10:05 a.m.

The Supreme Court\u2019s surprise decision to let the country\u2019s harshest \u201cheartbeat bill\u201d stand bodes ill for the landmark Roe v Wade decision; we ask what happens next. Brazil\u2019s police kill six times as many people as America\u2019s\u2014and the numbers bear out a clear racial divide among the fallen. And how Lebanon is reviving its olive-oil industry, with global ambitions.

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