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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

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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

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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

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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

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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