The same racial, religious, and ethnic tensions that have long divided America are now unraveling Northern Europe’s bonds of solidarity.
America and the World
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Yes, Sometimes It Is Anti-Semitism
The crisis in Britain’s Labour Party has some wider lessons for progressives.Â
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Foreign Bodies
The volatile mixture of religiously tinged nationalism with massive social disruption and large-scale population movements threatens once again to become explosive in Europe.
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Our Beleaguered Planet
The interaction of global climate change, poverty, affluence, and overpopulation
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Why Would Netanyahu Want to Remind the World of the Golan Heights?
The Israeli prime minister comes from a movement that suffers from desperate attraction to defiant gestures.
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Can Matteo Renzi Save Europe from Austerity?
The last best hope of Europe’s anti-austerity forces faces an uncertain future.
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Why Bernie’s Socialism Doesn’t Make Him Anti-Zionist
It makes no sense to portray Sanders as leading a charge against Israel.Â
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It Doesn’t Matter What Trump Said about Israel. It Matters That He Got to Say It.
First Adelson tilted toward Trump, then AIPAC gave him a counterfeit stamp of legitimacy.
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The Job-Killing Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of: The China Bilateral Investment Treaty
In behind-the-scenes negotiations with China, the Obama administration is pushing a trade compact that could export jobs overseas and erode worker protections. Why?
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When Your Enemy’s Enemy is Your Enemy
A defense of Hezbollah by two Israeli Arab parties is a lesson for progressives on the pitfalls of obsolete rhetoric.
