>"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has beaten far-right Jair Bolsonaro in elections in Brazil – here’s why that’s good news for us all"

>"The desire for certainty is often foolish and sometimes dangerous. Scepticism undermines it, both in oneself and in others"

"The common thread running through these episodes (aside from the sleaze and cruelty) is the peculiar logic of contemporary US federalism. "

"After the up and down it will go sideways"

>"Almost twenty years ago, when I began shooting “The Sun City of Dreams”, I liked to go out into the centre of Minsk on early Sunday mornings. At that time of day, the city is completely empty. According to an old tradition, on Sundays _...Read More_

>"In Florida, naturally."

"McCarthy is a good bet to become the next speaker of the House in the likely event that Republicans win a majority in November. Graham remains perhaps Trump’s closest collaborator in the Senate, a frequent golf partner and nuanced handler _...Read More_

"Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem."

>"Chile’s reinvention of democracy challenges the legacy of autocrats everywhere."

>"For infrastructure to serve the public and steward the world’s air, water and soil for future generations, it has to be planned through more open, egalitarian and environmentally _...Read More_

"In a time when the news from Ukraine looks grim, a brighter beacon of political and social transformation may be emerging in another part of the world: Chile. The so-called “Land of Poets” has embarked on a journey in which everyday people _...Read More_

>"In a polarized world, it feels like there is no common vision of progress, Nathan Gardels writes. But Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz offered a vision we can hang on to."

"I’m from a fortunate generation. I can remember a time — about a quarter-century ago — when the world seemed to be coming together. The great Cold War contest between communism and capitalism appeared to be over. Democracy was still _...Read More_