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North America

The Republicans go full authoritarian

Only Trump’s flamboyant awfulness stands in the way of his party’s power grab

By Paul Krugman

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Europe

Beyond the anti-women backlash

How we can understand women’s support for the right in Poland and Hungary

By Weronika Grzebalska, Eszter Kováts

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Europe

The municipalist revolution

Naples shows how local democracy can defy the neoliberal paradigm

By Eleonora de Majo

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Future of social democracy

The more the merrier

Germans shouldn't worry about fragmentation of their party system — more parties in parliament is good for democracy

By André Krouwel

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Interviews

AMLO: a new hope for Latin America?

Svenja Blanke on the inauguration of the new Mexican president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador

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North America

We need a high wall with a big gate

With Trump using immigration for political gain, Democrats need to be the adults and offer a realistic vision

By Thomas L. Friedman

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Latin America

Left un-splintered

How Uruguay's Frente Amplio, a coalition of 40 progressive forces, defies the right-wing assault on Latin America

By Sebastian Sperling

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Europe

The end of a love affair

Why the left’s enthusiasm for Macron wasn’t there to stay

By Andreas Nölke

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North America

Trump is beginning to lose his grip

Trump declared war on women and multicultural America — and lost. A closer look at the midterm elections is proof enough

By Stanley B. Greenberg

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Future of social democracy

The liberal delusion

It’s illusory to think that moral outrage will stop right-wing populists. In reality, it only makes them stronger

By Marc Saxer