Today’s Anti-Asian Bigotry Has Deep Roots In American History
Over the past several months, America’s East Asian community has received a rude awakening – or at least anyone who happens to look “Chinese.” For a long time, Asian-Americans were…
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Hans-Georg Betz
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Trumpism After Trump: The Wrong Person at the Right Time?
A few days before the Senate was due to vote on whether to proceed with the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on charges of inciting insurrection, an article…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 3)
The situation described in my previous two pieces appears to be similar in Italy. Recent polls suggest that among the general Italian public, there is a high propensity to get…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 2)
Yet Germany, explored in the first part of this piece, is hardly an exceptional case. Take the United States. A recent study has shown that “rampant partisanship” has severely hampered…
Beware! Populism in Conjunction with Conspiracy Theories Might be Bad for Your Health (Part 1)
Dresden is one of Germany’s great cities, known worldwide for its meticulously rebuilt historic center, destroyed in one night at the end of World War II. Pre-Christmas shoppers have probably…
Trump Leaves America Most Divided In Modern History
In less than a month, millions of Americans are going to breathe a sigh of collective relief. Millions of others are going to pretend the world has come to an…
Trump’s Exploitation Of Christianity And Assault On Women’s Rights
This is part one in a series on Trump’s legacy. This one focuses on his assault on women’s reproductive rights. In the recent presidential election, 75 percent of American evangelicals voted for…
Live Free or Die: America vs. Science
A few days ago, the testimony of a nurse from South Dakota made international headlines. In a tweet, Jodi Doering recounted the harrowing experience of having to deal with patients dying from…
German Football for the “Real” Germans
Germany has three federal football leagues, with 56 professional teams. The elite 18 teams compete in the Bundesliga, the rest in the second and third divisions. Three decades ago, Germany…
What Happens To Radical Right-Wing Populism After Trump?
On November 3, Donald Trump lost. Not as bigly as his detractors hoped and expected, but bigly enough to bury any chance that he would be allowed to play president…