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Can Italy’s Five Star Movement turn online passions into real-world policies?

So far, suspicion of science, politics and just about everything else hasn't proved a great foundation from which to govern.

In Europe, political parties would rather stay out of power

Voters nowadays dislike the idea of anybody in power, so as soon as politicians take office, they fall out of favor with them.

America doesn’t need Russia to ruin democracy. It can do it itself.

Bots are limited by no nationality.

Why Facebook is afraid of Robert Mueller

Social media companies are not accidental victims of Russia's information war. They are its tools.

After the Parkland shooting, pro-Russian bots are pushing false-flag allegations again

These attempts to sow discord have become painfully familiar.

A Russian dissident pulls off a virtuoso trolling of the Putin regime

There are lessons for America, too

In Britain, the specter of anti-Semitism returns

Appearances suggest both sides of the country’s political spectrum are raising the specter of anti-Jewish stereotypes.

The stupidity and unenforceability of Poland’s speech law

Poland has criminalized use of the term “Polish death camps.” That’s ludicrous.

The Czech election says more about the state of Western democracy than we’d like to admit

The Czechs' reelection of their populist president sends yet another alarm signal.

‘Since the violence ended’: Peace, even if imperfect, comes to Colombia

Justice does not always triumph in peace accords. The people who committed crimes are not always punished.