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Opposition leader Donald Tusk flashes a victory sign as he speaks during a 2023 march in Warsaw. (AP Photo/Rafal Oleksiewicz)

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What Could Go Right? Ordinary People Rescue Democracy

By
Emma Varvaloucas

Former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro speaks in Sao Paulo during a demonstration demanding amnesty for those arrested for 2023's alleged coup attempt in early April | AP Photo / Ettore Chiereguini

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What Could Go Right? Accountability Came for These Authoritarian Wannabes

By
Emma Varvaloucas

An electric bus on a sunny day in Bogota, Colombia

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What Could Go Right? The Electric Bus Revolution

By
Emma Varvaloucas

Newspapers warning of Trump's return to office

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What Could Go Right? Navigating the Chaos

By
Emma Varvaloucas

Foreign Affairs
Politics
Society

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05/15/2025

What Could Go Right? The Pope Effect

Following the election of a new pope, the world took some surprising steps toward peace.

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Emma Varvaloucas

History
Technology

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05/08/2025

What Could Go Right? Buried by a Volcano, Read by AI

The only library to survive Mt. Vesuvius is finally being decoded, with the help of a particle accelerator or two.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Environment
Technology

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04/24/2025

What Could Go Right? The Electric Bus Revolution

City buses are going green in major hubs all over the world.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Law
Politics

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04/17/2025

What Could Go Right? Accountability Came for These Authoritarian Wannabes

Courts in Brazil and South Korea bring down the hammer

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Emma Varvaloucas

Politics

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04/10/2025

What Could Go Right? Is Donald Trump Serious About a Third Term?

Why the talk of Trump 3.0 may be more about who succeeds him.

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Michael Warren

Law
Politics

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04/03/2025

What Could Go Right? Ghost Gun Kits Will Still Be Regulated—for Now

The conservative Supreme Court has upheld a rule that subjects ghost gun kits to the same purchasing requirements as ordinary firearms.

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Emma Varvaloucas

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03/27/2025

What Could Go Right? The Benevolence Bump and More

Covid-era levels of generosity persist, it's a landmark year for the study of ancient Egypt, and other stories of progress

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Emma Varvaloucas

Politics
Society

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03/20/2025

What Could Go Right? Ordinary People Rescue Democracy

What does Poland look like over a year after record voter turnout swung the country back into liberalism?

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Emma Varvaloucas

Economy
Society

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03/13/2025

What Could Go Right? Four Cents Closer to Parity

The gender pay gap in the US is shrinking, albeit slowly.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Health
Law
Politics
Society

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03/06/2025

What Could Go Right? Justice, One Kit at a Time

The United States has slashed its rape kit backlog in half.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Health

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02/27/2025

What Could Go Right? Lifejackets, Not Tobacco Enemas

The global effort to prevent people from drowning is actually working.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Environment
Law

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02/20/2025

What Could Go Right? Operation Thunder

The largest rescue ever of illegal wildlife trafficking just occurred under our noses.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Chicken little forecast

Still Chugging Along

Cool stuff to read

What Could Go Right? Ordinary People Rescue Democracy

What Could Go Right? Accountability Came for These Authoritarian Wannabes

What Could Go Right? The Electric Bus Revolution

What Could Go Right? Navigating the Chaos

Cool stuff to read

Following the election of a new pope, the world took some surprising steps toward peace.

The only library to survive Mt. Vesuvius is finally being decoded, with the help of a particle accelerator or two.

City buses are going green in major hubs all over the world.

Courts in Brazil and South Korea bring down the hammer

Why the talk of Trump 3.0 may be more about who succeeds him.

The conservative Supreme Court has upheld a rule that subjects ghost gun kits to the same purchasing requirements as ordinary firearms.

Covid-era levels of generosity persist, it's a landmark year for the study of ancient Egypt, and other stories of progress

What does Poland look like over a year after record voter turnout swung the country back into liberalism?

The gender pay gap in the US is shrinking, albeit slowly.

The United States has slashed its rape kit backlog in half.

The global effort to prevent people from drowning is actually working.

The largest rescue ever of illegal wildlife trafficking just occurred under our noses.

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