I wrote about elections in Serbia, Brazil, and Israel, digging into why we should care deeply about what happens in the world and learn from it as well.

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It’s looking like in both Brazil and Serbia grassroots progressive movements achieved big success by mobilising mass discontent. Even in Israel some of that seems to have happened with the Arab minority. Tentative take home: you don’t save democracy without getting people involved

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Yesterday I participated in a panel on the German state elections. As a colleague was providing the student with examples of how extreme the AfD is, all I kept thinking was, this is also what the U.S. government says…

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NYT has gained monopoly power in the American non-MAGA economy. With no comparable competition, they can say “fine, good luck elsewhere” to nearly any person, idea, or story they want. They don't have to fear upsetting their audience or journalistic standards. Monopoly power.

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Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance illegally financing Bolsonaro's campaign in Brasil www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

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