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picture alliance / Zumapress.com | Bryan Smith

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

picture alliance / Reuters | Jane Rosenberg

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

picture alliance/Associated Press | Kelly Presnell

Foreign and security policy

From dorms to demonstrations

The campus protests across the US aren’t primarily about the Israel-Hamas war but stem from other, deep-seated issues: alienation and radicalisation

By Jeremi Suri

picture alliance/Reuters| Seth Herald

Democracy and society

Riding the wave

Trade unions traditionally have a hard time mobilising in the US. However, recent successes in the automotive industry give cause for hope

By Knut Panknin

picture alliance / Zoonar | Andrii Yalanskyi

Economy and ecology

Nonsense and bad rules persist in banking

Political forces and misinformation continue to distort policy decisions on new and improved banking regulations — at a high cost to society

By Anat R. Admati

picture alliance/Zumapress | Aimee Dilger

Democracy and society

Disinformation isn’t the problem

In this super election year, truths become a rare commodity, and the struggle for the sovereignty of interpretation of reality takes centre stage

By Jürgen Neyer

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Democracy and society

Why Trump won’t win

If Donald Trump’s erratic post-2020 election behaviour dampens Republican voter turnout even marginally, he is in for a major defeat this November

By Reed Galen

DPA picture alliance/ Carlos Barria

Economy and ecology

Leading in reverse

The possibility of a second Trump presidency paints a bleak picture for US climate policy — and could undermine America’s leadership role

By Andrew Rosenberg

DPA picture alliance/ Manuel Balce

Democracy and society

Forewarned is forearmed

Trump represents a longstanding yearning for authoritarianism in America

By Jacob Heilbrunn

picture alliance / REUTERS | Evelyn Hockstein

Foreign and security policy

America must face up to Israel’s extremism

The resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza is slowly becoming a key official policy of the Israeli government

By Michelle Goldberg