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Global 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

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Global

Global 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

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Middle East/North Africa

The 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

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North America

Joe 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

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Global

Global 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

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Global

General 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

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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

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North America

Bernie Sanders was right

Bernie Sanders has ended his campaign. That's a tragedy, because he was right about virtually everything

By Elizabeth Bruenig

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Global

Global quarantine VI

Portugal legalised the status of refugees, at the US-Mexico border they're struggling. Japan avoids acting like South Korea

By Reinhard Naumann, Sven Saaler, Astrid Becker

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Global

Global quarantine V

While the Czech Republic imposed strict measures, Turkey counts on donations and Tanzania on prayers against Covid-19

By Felix Schmidt, Anne Seyfferth, Andreas Quasten