>"Evangelical protestants, around one third of the population, are likely to play a key role in the upcoming Brazilian election."

>"If Tory legislation is left unchallenged, it won’t just be the right to protest that ordinary Britons will lose, says author Daniel Trilling"

Americans have an anger problem. People rage at each other. They are angry at public officials for shutting down parts of society. Or for the opposite reason because they aren’t doing enough to curb the virus. Democrats vent their rage at _...Read More_

Beinart, who turned fifty this year, has lived for a decade within a well-defined Orthodox Jewish community on the Upper West Side.

The American right just now is in a state of nervous incoherence. Even the most basic questions (for democracy or against?) seem to trigger panicked, multidimensional calculations, with eyes always cast uncertainly at Mar-a-Lago. The _...Read More_

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The 2008 financial crisis generated a surge in antiestablishment populism that replaced leaders across the globe. Future historians will trace comparably large effects to the current coronavirus pandemic; the challenge is figuring them out _...Read More_

>"Fascism and populism both appeal to the political trinity, leader, nation, and people, as their main source of legitimation. In both formations, there is _...Read More_

"Is it culture or economics? That question frames much of the debate about contemporary populism. Are Donald Trump’s presidency, Brexit and the rise of right-wing nativist political parties in continental Europe the consequence of a _...Read More_

A 'textbook' case for democracy as illustrated by an amazing third grade somewhere in mainland china.