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Just Because You Don’t Believe in Conspiracy Theories Doesn’t Mean You’re Always Right
From the Salem witch trials to the Astroworld disaster, conspiracy theories and reformist narratives have battled for dominance in the American consciousness.
Train the Police to Keep the Peace, Not Turn a Profit
A Times investigation sheds light on an unjust practice.
Europe Made a Deadly Bargain With Autocrats. Here’s What Happened.
The chaos at the Belarus-Poland border is partly of the European Union’s making.
Long Live Participatory Socialism!
I used to believe socialism was a failed idea. But then capitalism went too far. Now, I believe we need a socialism that is decentralized, federal and democratic, ecological, multiracial and feminist.
Neoliberalism wrecked our chance to fix the climate crisis – and leftwing statements of faith have changed nothing
Atmospheric carbon does not care about culture war. Neither should we.
The Guardian view on vaccine justice: what the world needs now
While some in the west are triple-dosed, the vast majority of health workers in Africa remain unprotected. Gestures won’t close the gulf.
The Bad Guys Are Winning
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse.
Electoral Choice in Multidimensional Party Systems
The authors find that “by factoring in the measurement of issue dimensions, economic issues have a stronger impact than recognized using previous methodologies, with more modest cultural influences on voting. Moreover, there are significant cross-over effects of the two cleavages in voters’ choices” (Berning and Dalton, 2021).
World Report 2021
"World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries" (Human Rights Watch, 2021).
Participation vs representation: Councillor attitudes towards citizen engagement
"Using a survey of local councillors, this research explores how their awareness and perceptions of citizen participation is affected by political party or political situation. This includes a councillor's personal partisan identity, but also the political balance of the council. The survey identified partisan and structural factors that shape the perceptions of local representatives of citizen participation" (Parsons and Rumbul, 2021).
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