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Shooting the messenger

South Africa shared the discovery of Omicron in good faith. The EU should rethink its travel bans and focus on solidarity to fight the pandemic

By Sebastian Sperling, Uta Dirksen

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The incel threat

During the pandemic, the male supremacist movement has grown and radicalised. Now it's moving from chat groups offline — and becomes more violent

By Jacob Ware

Reuters

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The Sudanese revolution lives on

Despite Prime Minister Hamdok's return to power, Sudan's military coup isn't fully defeated. But the people's spirit of resistance is unbroken

By Christine-Felice Röhrs

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How to tackle the femicide epidemic

Covid-19 has exacerbated gender-based violence. Fighting patriarchal power structures and gender inequalities is essential in putting an end to it

By Jade Levell

Reuters

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Can the care crisis bring down Central Europe's illiberals?

Women in Central Europe are facing the exploitative contradictions of illiberal family policy. This is an opportunity social democrats should harness

By Weronika Grzebalska

Reuters

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The lure of progressive authoritarianism

Authoritarian tendencies also exist on the left. Progressives urgently need to rediscover the virtue of liberty

By Michael Bröning

Reuters

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Why Covid-19 misinformation works

How humans process knowledge can help us understand why so many have bought into ‘cures’ promoted by reckless politicians

By Noam Titelman

Reuters

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Mikheil Saakashvili is back

The comeback of Mikheil Saakashvili has taken Georgia by surprise. Now jailed and on hunger strike, he calls for a new revolution

By Otar Kobakhidze

Reuters

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Stopping democratic backsliding

After a democratic upswing at the end of the 20th century, we are now seeing an age of autocratisation. But with the right strategy, it can be stopped

By Sheri Berman

Reuters

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Is Italy's right really in decline?

The centre-left alliance has won the local elections in Italy. But it would be too early to speak of an end to the right-wing populist wave

By Michael Braun