“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

→ Walk through parliament and barely a wall is clear of portraits and paintings harking back to hundreds of years of tradition. Sitting in Ed Davey’s office is a somewhat different experience. On the

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“The financial markets are as shocked as anyone else that Donald Trump, against all odds, nominated a serious person to lead the Federal Reserve,” says John Puri in National Review. The White House ha

The party may be winning special elections and polling strongly, yet members remain anxious. A year into his reign, the DNC chair is betting on organizing and infrastructure—not insiders—to turn momentum into power