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Goldman Sachs is harnessing the power of its global analysis to break down the key factors driving the markets and the economy each week. It's been one year since America's Supreme Court overturned a landmark judgment known as Roe v Wade. A new discovery about just how clever they were could upend a fundamental theory of evolution. And we pay tribute to the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in an attempt to stop the Vietnam War.

In the months since America’s Supreme Court gave states the power to ban abortions, those in support of the ruling have become more splintered. And with the help of leftist language, they are finding new recruits. A new discovery about the intelligence of a human-like species is changing how we understand evolution. And, a tribute to the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

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