The final season of the TV epic Babylon Berlin is taking us back to 1933. Our confidence is falling apart, but that’s where the parallels end, says the German journalist Klaus Brinkbäumer

Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde

Read the declaration and add your name.

While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The company says it has cracked the physics of fluids using AI, solving one of the toughest puzzles in mathematics.

The long read: The political rift between them was profound. Then one evening, a kiss goodbye sent her on a remarkable journey that continues today

Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.

Despite the claims of some liberals, the MAGA Right is not unchristian, but the apotheosis of a violent strain of entirely American Christianity.

There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen

It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The EU’s panic and the lack of solidarity emboldens smugglers and the far right – and makes Spain even more vulnerable, says Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology

Did the Weather Underground have a point?

The man who led Free France during Nazi occupation was single-minded to the point of obstinacy. But he believed in his own power to make history, says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

Eine Unicef-Studie zeigt einmal mehr: Das Wohlergehen deutscher Kinder ist abhängig vom Geldbeutel der Eltern. Viele Länder Europas schneiden besser ab.

The incoming IPO wave is rewriting stock market rules in real time—and setting us up for a lot of risk.

For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The king has the chance to offer some tough love. Perhaps he could start with a speech to Congress about the Trump administration’s reckless trajectory, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

A rigorous diagnostic. 15 questions. One uncomfortable truth.

What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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