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American bailouts, a tradition unlike any other

The US coronavirus relief bill is not a bailout for the coronavirus. It’s a bailout for twelve years of corporate irresponsibility

By David Dayen

Reuters

Future of social democracy

‘Never Trump’ Republicans will support Biden, not Sanders

Right-of-centre voters are open to voting for a moderate Democrat. They have been helping one in the primaries

By Sarah Longwell

Reuters

North America

President Trump is unfit for this crisis. Period.

The coronavirus is no longer just a public health crisis. It’s a crisis of transparency and government legitimacy

By Jennifer Senior

Reuters

North America

Putin would hate President Bernie Sanders

The Russian autocrat may support Sanders, but Sanders definitely doesn’t support him

By Michelle Goldberg

Reuters

North America

Trump walls of China

North America's 'NAFTA 4.0' promotes workers' rights, environmental protection – and reduces China's regional influence

By Sandra Weiss

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

Just a left-wing ‘America First’?

Trump's Democratic challengers aren’t offering any coherent and genuinely internationalist alternatives to his foreign policy

By Claus Leggewie

Reuters

Future of social democracy

What’s at stake in the Democratic primaries

While the Democrats differ less on policy than one might think, they do have opposing ideas on how to win against Trump

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

North America

Trump is abusing his tariff power, too

Donald Trump abuses US trade policy for his own interests and without the approval of Congress. That's definitely illegal

By Paul Krugman

Reuters

North America

Who can defeat Trump?

Sanders, Biden, Warren? With the race in Iowa too tight to call, there's just one winner so far: American social democracy

By Harold Meyerson

Reuters

North America

Trump gets his trade deal, China gets the win

China has suffered short-term pain from the trade war, but it stands to gain in the long term

By Eswar Prasad