Confirmation biases: Biden’s cabinet picks
President Joe Biden’s top posts are shaping up as Senate confirmation hearings continue—but some controversial nominations await a vote. We look at who is on the docket. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become messy, at the expense of s...
February 23, 2021
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President Joe Biden’s top posts are shaping up as Senate confirmation hearings continue—but some <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/02/22/how-deb-haaland-would-change-the-interior-department?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">controversial nominations</a> await a vote. We look at who is on the docket. Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/02/09/congos-president-cuts-free-of-his-would-be-puppetmaster?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has become messy</a>, at the expense of some promised and much-needed reforms. And why the global rap scene is picking up <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/01/30/grime-and-uk-drill-are-exporting-multicultural-london-english?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a London accent</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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