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Macron was never the anti-Trump savior of democracy — now his vanity and arrogance have led France into chaos
In a year of global political turmoil, anti-incumbent fervor, across-the-board cynicism and the looming shadow of Donald Trump, voters in the Republic...
It seemed as if nature was telling us something: Wednesday, Nov. 6, wasn’t just an unseasonably warm day across eastern North America but a...
America's voters make their choice, at last. But nothing about this election is normal, so expect the unexpected
To accuse Kamala Harris’ campaign of reflexively repeating the mistakes of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign — as Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic did...
Consider this scenario, unfolding in a country that views itself as the world’s leading democracy: That might sound like the funhouse-mirror...
In a sane, normal and functional democracy — and even in a mildly dysfunctional one, which is a widespread condition these days — Donald Trump’s...
CHICAGO — During Barack Obama’s speech to the Democratic convention last Tuesday night, I witnessed a spirited discussion between an elderly woman...
If you recognize Ed Helms' face — and let's be honest, nearly everyone does — it's most likely from the many seasons he spent playing paper...
CHICAGO — That noise you heard emanating from the United Center on Monday night wasn’t just the exuberant chant of “Lock him up!” that erupted...
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have turned the 2024 presidential campaign upside down and galvanized the Democratic Party's base voters, who had become...
In a surprising coup for U.S. men's soccer, which has struggled in recent international tournaments despite a generation of acclaimed talent, one of...
Until late last year, Ireland seemed like an outlier among European nations in remaining relatively immune from anti-immigrant bigotry and far-right...
MILWAUKEE — I don’t know whether the folks who tried to sell “vegan barbecue” from a booth in the strip of concession tents outside the 2024...
It's unacceptably trite to say that we knew something like this would happen. But on some level, how could we not? Despite the expressions of sympathy...
Donald Trump was reportedly injured in a possible shooting and was rushed offstage by Secret Service agents during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on...
It’s too early to draw clear conclusions about the meaning of Thursday’s dramatic national election in the U.K., and still less about what lessons...
With voting concluded in the United Kingdom on Thursday evening, exit polls suggest that the Labour Party, which has been out of power since 2010, has...
By the end of this coming week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister, Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. That will also...
Things that are a lot like each other: The downbeat moods of the British and American electorates, faced with bitter political division, perceived...
An Israeli strike on a camp near Rafah that had been designated as a "safe zone" for displaced Palestinian civilians killed at least 45 people on...
Amid early suggestions that another difficult summer lies ahead for North America, a series of devastating storms as well as a severe heat wave have...
Americans of all stripes across the political spectrum have been understandably transfixed by the wave of student protests against the Gaza war that...
Of arms and the man he sings — no, seriously, he does. Don Winslow's latest novel, "City in Ruins," completes his Danny Ryan trilogy, the saga of a...
CNN national security analyst Jim Sciutto showed up at Salon's New York studio by himself, fresh off the train from Washington. He's a genial,...
As Alexis de Tocqueville observed 175 years ago, Americans always think it’s all about them. OK, he didn’t put it exactly that way. But he did say...
At one point in Tucker Carlson’s 127-minute “interview” with Vladimir Putin last week — which was more like a tendentious, digressive history...
Maybe this is reassuring, and maybe it isn't: Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, a renowned constitutional scholar, has undertaken a detailed...
Donald Trump’s name appears only a couple of times in “Late Fascism,” the dense, concise and intellectually ambitious new book from Italian...
Military officials in Israel reported Sunday that at least 15 soldiers have died in fierce fighting in Gaza this weekend, with Saturday one of the...
Donald Trump's lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Saturday to throw out special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of the former president related...
Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World" is a difficult book to describe. I'll cut to the chase by saying that it stands...
Democrats are worried about the polls, to put it mildly. But let's look past "Democrats," an increasingly incoherent political grouping almost...