Nicholas Krystof on how America is failing people; Ben Macintyre's new spy; life in a Cornish fishing town

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 2:05 a.m.

When Nicholas Kristof was growing up in the town of Yamhill, Oregon, his neighbours had their struggles, but they all shared a sense of optimism about the the future. Now a quarter of the kids he caiught the school bus with are dead - from bad personal choices, and from the failures of institutions meant to help them. It's a picture that's repeated across communities in the US. How, and when, did things go so badly wrong?