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The paradox of inequality

Capitalism has trained us to desire ever bigger incomes. But studies shows that relative wealth matters more for well-being than absolute wealth

By Kate Pickett

Reuters

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Is the Left back to stay in France?

The legislative elections might see a united French left under Mélenchon as Macron's strongest rival. But many question the role of the radical left

By Thomas Manz

Reuters

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Sweden’s schools: Milton Friedman’s wet dream

The ideology of ‘freedom of choice’ drove privatisation in Sweden’s education sector — and led to a vicious circle of inequality and underperformance

By Lisa Pelling

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Polarisation and the threat to democracy

The US is suffering under a tyranny of unrepresentative minorities. To safe democracy and fight polarisation majoritarian control is needed

By Sheri Berman

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Heroes of the Apocalypse

The war in Ukraine has made it clear that we can’t go on with business as usual. This is our wakeup call to change for the better

By Slavoj Žižek

Reuters

Democracy and society

How Bulgaria is dealing with the influx of Ukrainian refugees

The Bulgarian civil society has managed to accommodate the majority of Ukrainian refugees, but dire help needed from the State is nowhere in sight

By Maria Cheresheva

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Spain’s emptying lands

By tackling the growing rural demographic decline and lack of political representation, the España Vaciada movement is giving a voice to the affected

By Timo Daum

Reuters

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What’s left of Lebanon’s 2019 uprising?

This weekend’s Lebanese elections likely won’t break sectarian neoliberal parties’ grip on power. That’s also because the left is too weak and divided

By Joseph Daher

Reuters

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The far-right vs. women’s rights

The US Supreme Court’s imminent attack on woman’s right to an abortion is underwritten by a reactionary, sexist, and racist far-right movement

By Lindsay Beyerstein

Reuters

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What the Russian invasion means for Syria

The war in Ukraine has made a political solution in Syria even more unlikely. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating dramatically

By Sinan Hatahet