The Intelligence
“America seems on the cusp of ripping apart 50 years of a constitutional right”—abortion in court
Also on the daily podcast: Puerto Rico’s unlikely pandemic successes and solving the mystery of Earth’s water
THE CONSERVATIVE supermajority on America’s Supreme Court looks likely to strip back rights enshrined since the Roe v Wade ruling in 1973. Beset by natural disasters, Puerto Rico did not seem ready for a pandemic—but our correspondent finds it has done better than the rest of America. And an intriguing new idea in the mystery of how Earth got its water. Runtime: 24 min
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