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Democracy and society

If Trump wins, who, or what, will liberals blame?

A Democratic Party that claims to be defending democracy without bothering to practice it is not going to endear itself to voters it needs to win

By Bret Stephens

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Democracy and society

From brat summer to Swift fall

Taylor Swift is stirring up the election campaign in the US. But how much influence do celebrities really have on the ballot box?

By Konstantin Hadži-Vuković

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Economy and ecology

Debt paper tiger

The US national debt is the highest it has been since the Second World War. And still, there is no reason to worry

By Dean Baker

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Democracy and society

Harris: 1, Trump: 0

As the election battle heats up in the aftermath of Harris’ strong performance against Trump, might it just shift the dynamics?

By Marco Bitschnau

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Democracy and society

‘Rhetorical fireworks of the superstars’

The party convention has given the Democrats a boost of energy. Reinhard Krumm from Chicago on the Harris campaign

By Reinhard Krumm

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Democracy and society

How Kamala Harris can win

The Democratic Party needs a message that reconnects it with the working-class voters it has alienated in recent decades

By Michael J. Sandel

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Interviews

’Anything is possible, but it won't be easy for the Democrats’

Jörg Wimalasena on Kamala Harris' candidacy and the odds of beating Donald Trump

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Foreign and security policy

Anything but routine

The deployment of US missile systems in Germany is not a risk-free silver bullet, nor is it without any alternatives

By Alexander Graef, Tim Thies, Lukas Mengelkamp

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Democracy and society

America got gay marriage, but it came at a cost

The modest gay marriage campaign of the past decades created an opening for today’s anti-LGBT+ backlash

By Omar G. Encarnación

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Democracy and society

The Trump verdict’s ripple effect

What the Trump conviction says about US society five months away from an election that could be decisive for the future of democracies in the West

By Ekaterina Venkina