The killing of a young journalist has brought renewed focus on the region’s paramilitary groups. But economic stagnation is as much a driver of violence as politics.
Author: PATRICK KINGSLEY
Journalist’s Death Jolts Northern Ireland Politicians Back to Negotiating Table
The main political parties in Northern Ireland have agreed to restart negotiations to revive the province’s dormant regional parliament.
Journalist’s Death Jolts Northern Ireland Politicians Back to Negotiating Table
The main political parties in Northern Ireland have agreed to restart negotiations to revive the province’s dormant regional parliament.
A Journalist’s Funeral Shows Northern Ireland’s Progress, and Its Regressions
The life of a murdered journalist was celebrated by leading politicians not just from across Northern Ireland’s divided political spectrum, but from across the Irish Sea.
Anti-Semitism Is Back, From the Left, Right and Islamist Extremes. Why?
Anti-Semitism is now being harnessed for political ends by ideologies that otherwise would have little overlap. That fusion is new, and dangerous, experts say.
Madrid Dispatch: A Bar for Spain’s Radical Right, Run by a Chinese Immigrant
Franco died in 1975, but the dictator’s spirit lives on for a new generation at Bar Oliva in Madrid.
New Zealand Massacre Highlights Global Reach of White Extremism
The massacre in New Zealand highlights the contagious ways in which the extreme right has spread in the 21st century — even to a country not strongly associated with it.
The Saturday Profile: He Used to Call Viktor Orban an Ally. Now He Calls Him a Symbol of Fascism.
The Rev. Gabor Ivanyi presided over the Hungarian prime minister’s marriage. Their subsequent split shows how Mr. Orban has embraced right-wing authoritarianism.
Roots of Spain’s Crisis: One Word Fought Over at Birth of Constitution
A triumph at the time, Spain’s 1978 Constitution refers to constituent “nationalities,” a compromise that has left the country in a deadlock today.
The Saturday Profile: He Took Down the Elite at Davos. Then He Came for Fox News.
To the extent that economic historians can rampage, Rutger Bregman is on one — speaking truth to power in Switzerland and enraging Tucker Carlson.