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December 30, 2020
MagazineWin McCormack
Getting to Denmark
Reclaiming the Lutheran spirit of social democracy
October 22, 2020
MagazineWin McCormack
Yes, You Have a Duty to Vote
The republic’s survival depends on it.
May 15, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Eternal Stockholm Syndrome
The right-wing fixation with Sweden’s coronavirus response is the latest example of the Nordic countries’ hold on our political imagination.
April 27, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Post-Pandemic Monoculture
Our elected officials are failing small businesses and workers, and it will transform our neighborhoods for the worse.
August 16, 2019
Nick Martin
The Colonizers Have Turned Their Eyes to Greenland
The attempted erasure of Indigenous people and the land they steward continues with Trump's latest proposal.
September 29, 2017
MagazineSeyla Benhabib, Espen Rasmussen
The Return of Fascism
From Germany to Greece, far-right nationalists are attacking migrants, raiding mosques, and winning elections.
February 16, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
A War: Afghanistan Through a Danish Lens
Denmark’s nominee for Best Foreign Film confronts hard decisions, at home and on the battlefield.
December 23, 2015
Paul Hirschfield
Why Are American Cops 100 Times Deadlier Than Finnish Police?
One professor decided to figure out why.
September 3, 2015
C. Nathan Ober
Paid Leave for Fathers Is Good for Everybody
How American policymakers can learn from Denmark's mistake
August 3, 2015
William Wheeler
The Jihadist of Copenhagen
Why a young man in one of the happiest countries on earth committed a brutal act of terrorism
June 23, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
I'm Insanely Jealous of Sweden's Work-Family Policies. You Should Be, Too.
December 5, 2012
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Uganda Revives Its Favorite Distraction: Anti-Gay Legislation
December 2, 2011
Jarad Vary
How the IMF Got Its Keynesian Groove Back
May 23, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Can We Tolerate Higher Taxes? Heed the Swedish Chef
March 25, 2011
Jagdish Bhagwati
A Modest Proposal in Defense of Free Speech
September 4, 2010
Martin Peretz
The New York Times Laments "A Sadly Wary Misunderstanding of Muslim-Americans." But Really Is It "Sadly Wary" Or A "Misunderstanding" At All?
June 24, 2010
Adam Kirsch
Why Do We Care About Countries We'll Never Go To?
June 22, 2010
Clyde Prestowitz
The $64 Trillion Question (Part 1)
June 15, 2010
Alex Massie
The Wrong Teams
February 12, 2010
Martin Peretz
Let Europe Mind Its Own Business. It Brings Nothing To The Table Save For Mischief.

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