If Europe’s economic situation fails to improve, the far right will be waiting to pounce again with their easy answers: nationalism and racism. The good news out of Europe is that Marine Le Pen’s neo-Nazi National Front took a beating in the...
Most researchers and experts believe that populist parties and politicians peddling “alternative facts” will ultimately disappoint their supporters. Researchers and policy analysts fear the rise of an era in which expert evidence and advice are...
Iranian-Americans are some of the most successful immigrant communities in the US. Iranian-Americans are “one of the most successful immigrant groups in our country’s contemporary history,” said the newly elected US President Donald Trump in a...
The Grenfell Tower fire exposes deep inequality in Britain. “Sometimes there is a news story that has a power that reaches beyond the material facts.” This is how British comedian-turned-activist Russell Brand opens his Trews segment on the...
In Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has his work cut out for him. King Salman’s appointment of his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as crown prince at the expense of his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, could prove to be a mixed blessing for a...
