From South Korea to the United States, there are multiplying signs of democratic crisis in today’s world. The root of the problem is the permanent tension between capitalism and democratic freedoms, ...

In the US, more and more doctors are now affiliated with the hospital conglomerates or Wall Street firms taking over the health care system — and these doctors tend to charge significantly more for ...

Donald Trump promised to be “a dictator on day one.” Instead, his barrage of executive orders is largely an organized pursuit of his campaign pledges — with a noticeable lack of action on tariffs and ...

Dan Osborn, a former union president and strike leader, almost won a Senate seat in deep-red Nebraska as a populist independent. Osborn has now started a PAC to recruit, train, and support more ...

In Germany, a toxic national debate on Muslims and immigration has fueled the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland. Polling second place ahead of February’s federal elections, mainstream ...

Like clockwork, when Democrats get desperate, they trot out disingenuous populist rhetoric to try to save themselves.

In 2023, the World Health Organization classified the act of firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen, just like asbestos and ...

Emmanuel Macron’s coalition, drawing on both center-left and center-right politicians, was a perfect embodiment of the ...

Donald Trump’s administration is doing everything it can to project power and a sense of unstoppability in his first days as ...

On day one of his second presidential term, Donald Trump signed a blizzard of executive orders. Nearly two-thirds of them ...

Right-wing dark money groups are lobbying for the US and state governments to invest billions of dollars in Bitcoin reserves, ...

Assad’s decades-long rule after December’s lightning rebel offensive has left a sense of cautious hope among Syria’s youth.