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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

Economy
Health
Society

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07/03/2025

What Could Go Right? 20 Million Fewer Children in Child Labor

In many places, child labor could disappear completely in a few decades.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Foreign Affairs
Politics

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06/26/2025

What Could Go Right? We Were Never Close to WWIII

Fearmongering on social media during the "12-day War" conflated real risks with baseless concerns.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Environment
Science
Technology

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06/19/2025

What Could Go Right? AI Is Quietly Powering a Revolution in Weather Prediction

AI forecasts are easier, faster, cheaper—and usually more accurate.

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Nicola Jones

Environment
Politics

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06/12/2025

What Could Go Right? The First Treaty to Protect International Waters

Is on the verge of being ratified by the United Nations

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Emma Varvaloucas

Economy
Society

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06/05/2025

What Could Go Right? How to End Extreme Poverty

Escaping poverty isn't rare, but staying out is the real challenge.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Politics
Society

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05/29/2025

What Could Go Right? The US Says “I Don’t” to Child Marriage

A reform movement to end child marriage is gaining momentum across the country.

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Emma Varvaloucas

Politics
Society

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05/22/2025

What Could Go Right? 2025’s Big Crime Drop

So far, the year is shaping up to be the most nonviolent in recent memory.

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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

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

In many places, child labor could disappear completely in a few decades.

Fearmongering on social media during the "12-day War" conflated real risks with baseless concerns.

AI forecasts are easier, faster, cheaper—and usually more accurate.

Is on the verge of being ratified by the United Nations

Escaping poverty isn't rare, but staying out is the real challenge.

A reform movement to end child marriage is gaining momentum across the country.

So far, the year is shaping up to be the most nonviolent in recent memory.

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.

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