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The Economist explains: What are the Minsk agreements?
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Playing at policing: A posse of steely retirees patrols the streets of Arizona
The auxiliaries of Sheriff Joe Arpaio buy their own police uniforms, guns and patrol cars44
Primaries in the West: Mormons against the Donald
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton bag Arizona, but falter in Utah24
Primaries in the west: Mormons against the Donald
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton bag Arizona, falter in Utah100
Capital punishment in America: Who killed the death penalty?
Many suspects are implicated in capital punishment’s ongoing demise. But one stands out104
Gerrymandering: One for the people
The justices let Arizonans tackle an ancient scourge18
Theranos, an ambitious Silicon Valley firm, wants to shake up the market for medical testing14
Redistricting and the Supreme Court: The people v the constitution
The justices seem poised to dismantle a gerrymandering fix55
Faith and freedom in the South: Good God
A public official in Atlanta gets in hot water for mixing fire-fighting with hell-fire64
Politics in Arizona: The ice-cream man cometh
Doug Ducey wins a chance to become the next Republican governor2
The best and worst states for small business: Red tape blues
Small businesses fret less about taxes than over-regulation37
Military spending: Don’t save the Warthog
Why a plane that is easy to shoot down is hard to scrap93
Difference Engine: Eclipse of the Sun
Why the solar industry is heading into the shade20
Money in politics: Cash rules everything around us
No one knows how to finance elections60
Politics in Arizona: Saner than it looks
Anatomy of a strange state21
Arizona politics: Did the real Jan Brewer ever stand up?
Arizona's controversial governor calls it a day8
Gay weddings and religious liberty: The dignity of toleration
Equal rights for gays does not require limiting rights of religious conscience162
The IRS and political speech: Levi and the 501s
Asking tax collectors to regulate election spending is a terrible idea20
Clean energy: Let the sun shine
The future is bright for solar power, even as subsidies are withdrawn64
Anti-gay laws: What’s the matter with Arizona?
The state Americans love to hate315
Gay rights and religious freedom: God damned it
Every Arizonan may soon be a potential fount of religiously inspired discrimination127
Drought is forcing westerners to consider wasting less water46
American elections: Easier, faster and better
A bipartisan commission's report on voting logistics is informative, thoughtful and savvy. Too bad its recommendations will probably be ignored23
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