Can a small group of randomly selected people succeed where French politicians have failed?
Europe
Posted inAmerica and the World
Shock & Roll
A neo-Nazi commercial empire, a German minister, and the fight for a country’s soul
Posted inAmerica and the World
Et Tu, U.K.?
Labour’s wipeout in yesterday’s British election highlights the transnational defection of the white working class and deepens the global crisis of the social democratic left.
Posted inBooks
The Crash of Austerity Economics
Reality keeps contradicting the sponsors of economic pain, but they keep dispensing their perverse advice.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Support for Europe’s Far Right Has Peaked
Europe’s nationalist identity politicians may be running out of steam.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Industrialized World Is Failing to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
No G7 country is close to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to a level necessary to prevent excessive warming.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Can Europe Come Together?
The elections to the European Parliament halted the rise of the far right but produced more fragmentation—and that’s not good enough.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Europe’s Winter of Discontent
Domestic political turmoil in the European Union’s four largest economies spells trouble ahead.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Sweden Shows No Country Is Immune to Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Backlash
Economic insecurity and an influx of migrants have pushed Swedish politics to the right.
