The right-wing populist party of Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vucic claimed an overwhelming victory after Sunday’s parliamentary elections in the Balkan country.
With less than five months to go until the November presidential elections, a slew of recent polls show President Trump losing ground in key battleground states as well as in states once thought safely in the red column. Overall, the president’s job approval is down to 42.1 points, the lowest [...]
The violent death of George Floyd last week by a police officer and several police bystanders initiated demonstrations and other democratic responses first across the United States, and then around the world. The protests are directed against racism and police violence, to show their solidarity with the urgent plea of [...]
After the killing of George Floyd this week, following other recent high-profile killings of innocent African-Americans by law enforcement or private citizens shielded by law enforcement, we want to share with you today's words of the Interim President of the City University of New York's Graduate Center, James Muyskens. We [...]
As the US is nearing the number of 100,000 death from the corona virus outbreak, new data suggest a deepening divide along party lines. According to a new AP-NORC poll, Republicans are significantly more likely to resume their pre-outbreak activities than Democrats as states are easing restrictions. This includes things [...]
The Covid-19 crisis persists and takes terrible tolls on life, health and livelihood, highlights and deepens racial and social inequalities and injustices, exposes problems or failures of capitalism and political decision-making, permeating all aspects of society. There are a few developments that give cause for hope though, which we observed [...]
The United States are slated to hold presidential and federal legislative elections on November 3, 2020. As President Trumps first term comes to an end, questions about holding the elections amid the country-wide Corona virus crisis have resurfaced in recent days. In an interview with Time Magazine, White House senior [...]
While countries around the world are contemplating how to “reopen” after the Corona-induced lock downs, this week saw a two-day virtual climate summit in which world leaders called for solutions to the pandemic that address climate change. Known as the "Petersberg Climate Dialogue", the event took place for the 11th [...]
The Corona virus outbreak has been accompanied by conspiracy theories since the beginning. Recently, the hoax that 5G wireless technology allegedly caused Covid-19 has gained traction both in social media and in real life, with people attacking cell phone towers. Where does this kind of disinformation come from? According to [...]
As we receive more reliable statistics on the deathly impact of the virus across the world, we see the devastating impact not only along age lines, but also along race, with black Americans being killed at high rates. That is not because of some disposition, but the result of race [...]