Kamala Harris and the YIMBY agenda

And more of today's best articles from The Week [View this email in your browser]( [Brand Logo] September 6, 2024   TODAY'S BIG QUESTION [Will Kamala Harris give YIMBYs a voice in the White House?]( And can federal officials do anything about local housing rules? [Read more](   Advertisement by Betterment [Start investing in minutes](   the explainer [China-Africa summit 2024: the tactics on both sides]( African nations seek more flexible approach from Beijing to relieve crippling 'debt distress' [Read more](     Picture of the day [Passing the crown]( Māori Queen Ngā Wai hono i te pō follows the coffin of her father, King Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, as he is laid to rest in Hamilton, New Zealand. She has been crowned the eighth Māori monarch and only the second Māori queen. Phil Walter / Getty Images     IN THE SPOTLIGHT [When families cross the aisle against presidential candidates]( "You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family," Harper Lee's iconic Atticus Finch famously explained to his son Jem in "To Kill a Mockingbird," the author's 1960 magnum opus. "They're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't." [Read more](     [Make sense of the news, every day of The Week. Subscribe now.](     UNDER THE RADAR [How 'corn sweat' has made summer in the Midwest worse]( Lend an ear to this kernel of agricultural science. [Read more](     quote of the day 'This is, in a way, the end of an era and the closing of one of the most shameful chapters of the three-and-a-half decades of social engineering known as one-child policy.' Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine, on the significance of China's new ban on foreign adoption. Before Beijing lifted the one-child policy in 2016, its harsh penalties forced thousands of families to abandon babies. Rather than paying for their care, he said, China "allowed foreign adoption as a last resort.”     the week recommends [4 expert tips for avoiding parental burnout]( Today's parents are under an alarming amount of stress. The key is to start making small changes. [Read more](     Want more from The Week? Put your news knowledge to the test with our [quiz of the week](.   [Coach brand logo]( © Future Publishing Limited • [theweek.com]( [Unsubscribe from this newsletter]( The Week is published by Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036.