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Cash-strapped, dysfunctional, and led by a chloroquine-obsessed populist, Brazil may be the pandemic’s perfect storm. By Julia Leite, Simone Iglesias, Martha Beck, and Ethan BronnerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They’ve helped women. Can quotas help change the racial makeup of C-suites and management? By Rebecca GreenfieldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cruise industry was already in a Covid-19 crisis when the MS Zaandam set sail. Yet Holland America was unprepared when people began to fall sick and country after country turned the ship away. By Michael Smith, Drake Bennett, and K. Oanh HaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mainstream economics has many ideas about getting beyond racism. Which lessons apply in real life? By Peter CoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pandemic has sent American workers plummeting into a safety net that wasn’t prepared to catch them. By Claire SuddathSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Fitzek was a leading light in the Reichsbürger movement, which denies Germany’s very existence. He founded a kingdom and opened a bank—then the German government started asking where the money went. By David Gauvey Herbert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump is gambling on reopening the American economy early, even if it costs more lives. But that’s a false choice. We can reboot and still be safe. Here’s a realist’s guide to getting through the pandemic. By Peter CoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emergency approval of the antiviral drug remdesivir is the first good news of this pandemic. Gilead Sciences took extraordinary steps to get ready for the moment. By Robert LangrethSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The grocery delivery startup added 300,000 workers in eight weeks, but Covid-19 is still overtaking it in more ways than one. By Ellen Huet and Lizette ChapmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you want to explore mining opportunities or get word on Kim Jong Un’s health, you start with Alejandro Cao de Benós. He’s only 6,000 miles from Pyongyang. By Josh DeanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.