"The test of belonging to the community of democracies is simple. Its proof is the degree to which an ally and partner is willing to cooperate to enhance the global commons, protect mutual values and interests and a rules-based international system, show solidarity with the peoples facing violations or constraints to their human rights, and call out democratic backsliding and authoritarianism. By embracing and providing cover to dictatorships and illiberal regimes in the Americas, López Obrador is ensuring that Mexico fails that test," writes Arturo Sarukhan. 

Corporate tax revenues boomed in 2021 and some supporters of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act argue that the big tax reductions in the bill deserve the credit. However, William Gale, Kyle Pomerleau, and Steven Rosenthal say that there is a much better explanation: Last year's strong economic growth, high inflation, and pandemic-related relief legislation increased both corporate profits and the taxes business paid.

The European Union's pan-continental exchange program, Erasmus+, was once a fruitful opportunity for intercultural exchange, professional development, and intellectual enrichment for the United Kingdom, and its loss has already had negative consequences for British students and scholars. Sanjay Patnaik argues that the U.K. should rejoin the program to avoid further harm.