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Haiti's double bind

It’s not just the state which is failing, but an international community that preaches democracy while financing a corrupt elite

By Sandra Weiss

Reuters

Social democracy

Tech workers are finally taking on Silicon Valley

Alphabet employees recently formed a union — but not to improve working conditions. They want the company to accept more societal responsibility

By Sabrina Keßler

Reuters

Social democracy

Why are Republicans still this loyal to a Mar-a-Lago Exile?

Republicans need to talk about the country’s needs, not just the threats posed by the left. That requires disowning Trump

By Peter Wehner

Reuters

Social democracy

Why such an imperfect union?

US political dysfunctionality is often put down to partisanship and polarisation. But that ignores the actual issues at stake

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

International relations

How Biden can boost the global economy

A people's vaccine, corporate tax, climate action. A few simple steps Biden could take for a more equitable global recovery

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

International relations

US exceptionalism is dead, long live US exceptionalism

The idea of American exceptionalism is clearly bankrupt. But Biden's foreign policy still offers a slimmed-down version of it

By Paul Hockenos

Reuters

Social democracy

Democrats need to go bold, or else lose in 2022

To avoid another, possibly worse, iteration of Trumpism, Democrats have one simple task: to help people and to do it fast

By Ezra Klein

Reuters

Social democracy

Joe Biden's 100-day recovery plan

The new US President's ambitious rescue plan could become the bailout that Americans so desperately need

By Knut Dethlefsen

Social democracy

Let him back on Twitter

Donald Trump's ban from Twitter is wrong. A few tech corporations should not get to decide who can express their opinions

By Nikolaos Gavalakis

Reuters

Security and defence

The far right told us what it had planned. We didn’t listen

The Capitol riots weren't Trumpism’s 'last gasp', but a performance of a long-held fantasy. And most perpetrators walked away to fight another day

By Seyward Darby