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Democracy and society

Loneliness is breaking America

Trumpism — and far-right conspiracy theories like QAnon — thrive on America's loneliness epidemic. This has become worse in the Covid-19 crisis

By Michelle Goldberg

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

America's most pro-union president ever?

Donald Trump did little to help US workers. Joe Biden wants to change that by strengthening unions. But that will require abolishing the filibuster

By Steven Greenhouse

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

Let’s make Google a public good

In the United States, Ohio’s attorney general has asked for a judicial declaration that Google has evolved into a common carrier. Here's why

By Dave Yost

Reuters

Democracy and society

Canada’s colonial reckoning

The discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children has shaken the country. But will Canadians take action?

By Jordan Leichnitz

Pexels

Democracy and society

Why America’s democracy is (still) at stake

The Trump presidency had severely shaken the pillars of American democracy. But it's the Republican Party that is determined to tear them down

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

Economy and ecology

AMLO is still Mexico's only chance

The Mexican President must be considered the winner of the recent elections. His government's mixed record doesn't hurt his enduring popularity

By Yesko Quiroga

Democracy and society

The Trump presidency: just a shard of dystopic memory

As Joe Biden is wrapping up his first 100 days, the Trump presidency seems all but forgotten. Perhaps that's because it didn't shape an era after all

By Marco Bitschnau

Reuters

Economy and ecology

Biden, Yellen and the war on leprechauns

The idea that corporate taxes eliminate jobs and tax cuts create them is a myth. Instead, Biden's tax plans underwrite job-creating public investment

By Paul Krugman

Reuters

Democracy and society

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

Work and digitalisation

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