Junk television promoted populist politics long before Fox News and Trump
Kids and old people were more likely to vote for a notorious Italian populist when they were fed a diet of entertainment television.
Why Italy’s media fixates on CasaPound, an extreme-right party with a racist agenda
This is a party that embraces Mussolini and Che Guevara — and cartoons and pop culture
Why Saudi Arabia is building the tallest building in the world
Autocracies build more skyscrapers.
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Italians are tired of living under austerity. That could be a big problem for Europe.
[caption id="attachment_76048" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Will Italy’s new
The International Criminal Court was established 20 years ago. Here’s how.
[caption id="attachment_75719" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga hears the
Italy has a new populist government — and a new constitutional headache
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/italys-political-upheaval-comes-to-an-end/2018/06/01/c6c98ef6-6577-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_video.html Italy’s convoluted political crisis has finally reached an endpoint.
No, Pope Francis isn’t more political than his predecessors, after all
A new analysis of his encyclicals and tweets finds important similarities to past popes.
The big winners in Italy’s election are really big on Facebook
[caption id="attachment_70201" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Luigi Di Maio, left, the Italian