Robert Reich* – The Guardian The president is the puppet master so Americans of all persuasions must look behind him, to where the real danger lies I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that Democratic candidates may be “too far left”. But in an era of…
BY ZOLTÁN KOVÁCS – Index, Budapest On Tuesday, the Fidesz supermajority in the Hungarian Parliament passed a bill submitted by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology that ends the year-long struggle for the research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences…
Roberto Savio* Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year. Now they are in power in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland and, most recently, in Denmark.
BY ISHAAN THAROOR – The Washington Post Next week, the Trump administration will preside over a summit in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Dubbed an “economic workshop,” it is aimed at wooing investment for development projects in the West Bank — a key part of building peace…
By François Delattre* – The New York Times My experience at the United Nations Security Council over the last five years has led me to see a harsh truth: The world is growing more dangerous and less predictable by the day. While the tectonic plates of power are shifting under…
By Ernesto Lodoño y Leticia Casado – The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaked private messages among law enforcement officials in Brazil have called into question the integrity of a vast corruption investigation that roiled the country’s political establishment and rippled…
By Shane Croucher* – Newsweek The European media is keeping a close eye on President Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., which is preparing to leave the EU through its Brexit process and hoping to forge stronger trading links to America. Trump has clashed with the European…
By Roberto Savio * The terrible feeling I had on waking up and seeing the Italian voting results at the recent European elections was that my country was suddenly full of strangers. How could the majority of Italians reconfirm a government which has been the most inefficient in…
By Hazel Henderson, LaRae Long, Timothy Jack Nash Reference suggestion: Henderson, H., Long, L. and Nash, T. “Transitioning to Science-Based Investing”, 2019 Green Transition Scoreboard® Report, Ethical Markets Media, May 2019. © 2019 Ethical Markets Media, LLC This report does…
by Ylenia Gostoli – Al Jazeera Right-wing parties performed strongly, but not as well as expected and parliamentary majorities are not guaranteed. Brussels, Belgium – It had been portrayed as a day of reckoning between pro-European and anti-European forces – between those who…
