A case rests, a city does not: Derek Chauvin’s trial

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<p>The former police officer involved in George Floyd’s death awaits a verdict. What would conviction mean in <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/04/18/the-meaning-and-value-of-derek-chauvins-trial?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a case</a> emblematic of a far wider racial-justice movement? Internal migration has left a third of China’s young people separated from one or both parents—with serious <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2021/04/08/the-plight-of-chinas-left-behind-children?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">costs and risks</a> to those children. And the bid to make the art of tasting the <a href="https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/04/09/a-byte-to-eat-will-ai-super-tasters-disrupt-food?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">province of engineering</a>.</p><p>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></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>