As Trump lays waste to the transatlantic alliance, the EU must help stop the spread of illiberalism.
Europe Has to Choose: Maintain an Abusive Relationship or Break with America
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The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution
The MAGA crowd doesn’t want just regime change. It wants to root out all vestiges of progressivism, liberalism, and secularism from American society.
Trump’s Scare Tactics
Donald Trump is Scary Movie 6. How much is spoof and how much is genuine horror?
The End of American Democracy?
Is America’s political future either a coup or a civil war?
America’s Homegrown Superstorm
Trump‘s domestic policies will have catastrophic impacts, to be sure. But his environmental moves threaten the entire planet and the future of life on it.
The Global Significance of South Korea’s Leadership Crisis
South Korean activists are showing the world how to save democracy.
Why Liberals Will Give Two Cheers for Trump
On China, immigration, and the Middle East, Trump’s policies will appeal beyond just his MAGA supporters.
Assad Gone, Trump Coming: What’s Ukraine’s Future?
Trump’s plan to force a ceasefire runs up against Russian ambitions and Ukrainian fears.
Can Recycling Save the Clean Energy Revolution?
Short answer: it’s necessary but not sufficient.
Surviving the New Trump Era
In the seven stages of grief, progressives are wallowing in the first three stages of shock, denial, and anger. But don’t get stuck in the seventh stage of acceptance.