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Demonstration against far right movements at the Place de la République in Paris, France on April 6, 2025.

Report From Europe: The Center Does Not Hold Report From Europe: The Center Does Not Hold

Frustration with established parties across Europe has created openings the right has been quick to fill. Can a divided left rally in response?

Apr 21, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Trump Upturns Canadian Politics

Trump Upturns Canadian Politics Trump Upturns Canadian Politics

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Luke Savage on the northern rejection of MAGA.

Apr 20, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Pope Francis arrives at the end of the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

A Pope Who Prays for Palestine A Pope Who Prays for Palestine

Pope Francis, who is in daily contact with Gazans, has consistently called for an end to the Israeli assault and for Palestinians and Israelis to be able to live in peace.

Apr 20, 2025 / John Nichols

Ukrainian emergency workers search through the rubble at the site of a missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on April 14, 2025.

Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks Sudan Rival Government, US Pushing Ukraine-Russia Deal, US-Saudi Nuclear Tech Talks

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe

Apr 18, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Presidential timber? United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to guests at an election-night watch party.

Shawn Fain for President! Shawn Fain for President!

Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first.

Apr 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Friedrich Merz (l), CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, and Lars Klingbeil, SPD parliamentary group and federal chairman, hold a press conference of the CDU/CSU and SPD party chairmen to present the coalition agreement in the Paul Löbe House.

“A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government “A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government

Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”?

Apr 18, 2025 / Linda Mannheim

An image of President Donald Trump looms over crowds of supporters before his speech from the Ellipse at the White House on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

Trump’s Deranged Land Grabs Would Make Sense to Big Brother Trump’s Deranged Land Grabs Would Make Sense to Big Brother

His desire for ultimate continental hegemony is leading us on a path eerily reminiscent of 1984.

Apr 17, 2025 / Alfred McCoy

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government.

Apr 17, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

Trump and Netanyahu

Colonialism Is Alive and Kicking in the US’s Obsession With Israel Colonialism Is Alive and Kicking in the US’s Obsession With Israel

Trump and his associates weaponize antisemitism to attack any threats to his colonizer’s view of the world.

Apr 16, 2025 / Aviva Chomsky

The Bank of China on April 10, 2025, in New York City. US stocks tumbled as investors assessed the worsening trade war with China.

Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain

We are now in a trade war with China, and the only question is: How long before Trump (and America) blink?

Apr 16, 2025 / James K. Galbraith

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