Identity Politics à la Modi
Modi Taps Nationalist Firebrand To Head India’s Biggest State

Will Modi’s party pursue full-tilt HIndu nationalism in Uttar Pradesh?

Facts You Should Know
Thanks to Shale, America Is the Global Green Leader

U.S. carbon emissions fell three percent last year.

Higher Education Watch
A New Kind of Campus Left?

Young socialists may eschew the kind of exhausting identity politics that the campus Left is known for.

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Social Ills
What Inequality Doesn’t Mean

Is inequality a death sentence for the American republic? Two recent books vigorously argue both sides of the case—with the naysayer pulling out ahead.

Are You Goin' to Scarborough Shoal?
Duterte: We Can’t Stop China at Scarborough Shoal

The Philippine President stalls regarding new Chinese construction.

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WaPo Misses the Point on Meals on Wheels

Local communities should build, fund and develop the institutions that serve local needs.

How To Sell Arms And Influence People
Russia Courts U.S. Allies With Arms Exports

After a sharp drop-off in arms exports since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, Russia is steadily reclaiming its lost market share while courting longtime U.S. customers.

Solving Problems
Contrails and Climate Change

Here’s a climate change story that has it all.

illiberalism rising
Conspiracy Thinking and Our Deteriorating Liberal Order

People believe in conspiracies when their ideas and ideologies fail to explain reality.

WRM Elsewhere
WATCH: WRM Discusses Populism and Europe

WRM was on Charlie Rose on Thursday.

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