The Intelligence: Mandelas vision, tested

Published: May 6, 2024, 9:59 a.m.

Thirty years of democracy have not led to uniform prosperity, and nearly everyone disagrees about the equality of opportunity. How will the disenchantment manifest at the polls? How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America (12:16). And a tribute to Eleanor Coppola, mastermind of the award-winning behind-the-scenes look at her husband\u2019s epic, \u201cApocalypse Now\u201d (19:26).


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