4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1718+ words) For forty years America restrained concentrated wealth and built the largest middle class in history. Then billionaires rewrote the rules, bought political power, and began taking democracy apart … While Americans were celebrating this Labor Day weekend, in Magdenburg, Germany, a…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (160+ words) Following the victory for Alternative for Germany in regional elections, the rest of Europe is sighing and wondering why it always has to be bloody Krauts voting in a new era for fascism. Historian Denys Finch Hatton said: “I know…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (232+ words) Global News Podcast | Historic win for far-right in Germany bbc.com Historic win for far-right in Germany Available for 89 days Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is heading for a dramatic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1540+ words) Saxony-Anhalt, in the western part of eastern Germany, is hardly the country’s most important state: it accounts for only a fraction of Germany’s GDP and is home to just two million people, half the population of Berlin. It is often…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (514+ words) In supporting Europe’s far-right, MAGA and Russia both want the same thing: a weaker EU. Europe must defend itself without abandoning the openness these forces exploit. There’s trouble in the MAGA international. The first half of 2026 has taken its toll…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (230+ words) Far-right party set to break through in state elections, as cordon sanitaire designed to keep them out backfires Once a fringe movement, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is on course to take control of a German state for the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (783+ words) A conversation with Amy Pope, the head of the U.N.’s migration agency...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (28+ words) Correcting the confusions in Stephen Miller’s authoritarian screed Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff, gave …...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (391+ words) Framing modern politics as a battle between "liberals and populists" is a strategic disaster that empowers the far-right by branding them as the only true alternative. The dominant political narrative of the 21st century—a supposed existential struggle between enlightened "liberal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (169+ words) July 23, 2026 | The Ideas Letter 69 This may be the dawn of a new political age. A novel brand of right-wing politics is challenging the liberal orthodoxy of the last eight decades and changing the very craft of politics. Over the years…...