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Democracy and society

Democratic dilemma

While Biden's approval rating is dropping, Trump may be planning a comeback. Democrats need to get their act together, or else risk losing power

By Jeremy Shapiro

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Democracy and society

The problem of political despair

Dislodging Trump has bought American democracy only a brief reprieve. The Democratic Party now has to fight a growing sense of hopelessness

By Michelle Goldberg

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Work and digitalisation

The revolt of the American worker

American workers are fed up with being underpaid and overworked — and either fight for better pay or just quit their jobs in droves

By Paul Krugman

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Foreign and security policy

Why 9/11 did not change America

For all of the talk about how America would never be the same, 9/11 did not fundamentally change America. US culture simply absorbed the attack

By Jeremy Shapiro

Reuters

Democracy and society

Trudeau's election gamble

The Canadian snap election is meant to consolidate the power of the Liberals, yet it seems the Social Democrats could be victorious

By Jordan Leichnitz

Reuters

Democracy and society

It's not just the US embargo

As much as the US embargo contributes to its problems, Cuba's historic protests show that the government can't ignore citizens’ legitimate demands

By Carlos Alzugaray

Reuters

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