Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources ...

Polarization is often created by political elites aiming to gain popularity, but it can also be caused by social conflicts ...

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For 40 years, social democratic parties radically improved life for workers. The labor movement and worker militancy made it possible. After World War II, political parties championing redistribution, ...

The coalition negotiations between the social democratic SPD and conservative right CDU/CSU are going surprisingly smoothly, almost harmoniously. Lars Klingbeil, co-chairman of the SPD, explains that ...

We are social beings. So, within every group, decisions must be made about how to live together, preserving wellbeing and relations with others. Historically, those decisions were made by tribal ...

Social Democrats lose mayoral seat in Copenhagen after 87 years Urban voters move left due to housing costs, welfare concerns Rural voters upset about environmental policies, regulations Denmark will ...

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