GlobalIt’s a virus and this isn’t a war The coronavirus crisis is a social challenge, which the formerly secure are now being reminded is hitting the poor hardest By Karin Pettersson
Interviews'The working class is incredibly pluralist now' Simon Hix on the rise and fall of social democracy in the last 100 years — and how social-democratic parties can still win
EuropeThe German asparagus saga In the Covid-19 crisis, the asparagus harvest exposed the myth of 'low-skilled' migrants. It's time to rethink labour mobility By Vladimir Bogoeski
GlobalGlobal Quarantine IX In the corona crisis, a strong welfare state can prevent the worst. Latvia, Honduras, and Guatemala however are struggling By Peer Krumrey, Ingrid Ross
GlobalGlobal Quarantine VIII Romania, Pakistan and Bolivia have to fight against the pandemic and its devastating social consequences at the same time By Juliane Schulte, Jochen Hippler, Jan Souverein
Middle East/North AfricaThe revolution will not be cancelled For the time being, corona has snuffed out mass demonstrations in North Africa and the Middle East. Yet, it might stoke the region’s revolutionary flames soon again By Jannis Grimm, Teresa Fehrenbach
North AmericaJoe and Bernie versus Trump The hard-fought primary race is over and the Democrats are closing ranks – it’s looking good for the presidential election By Knut Dethlefsen
GlobalGlobal Quarantine VII Political cooperation can be fragile in times of the coronavirus crisis. Dispatches from Spain, Israel and Kenya By Gero Maass, Micky Drill, Henrik Maihack
GlobalGeneral welfare first! After the crisis is before the crisis? In order to prevent this, governments must show much more courage and imagination By Hans-Jürgen Burchardt
Interviews'Human beings have evolved to be friendly' Historian Rutger Bregman on panic buying, penguins, Norwegian prisons and what really matters in today's world