Europe’s Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control
European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens' data and workers' rights.
Society
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Europe’s Wealth Gap Threatens Social Cohesion As Housing Crisis Deepens
Extreme wealth concentration across the EU undermines opportunity and security for millions while property ownership becomes increasingly unattainable.
What Can AI In Colombian Classrooms Teach Europe About Democratic Innovation?
When rural schools experiment with artificial intelligence, they reveal whether technology serves the many or the few.
Germany’s Misguided War on Baby Boomers
A prominent economist's attack on an entire generation ignores economic facts and threatens social cohesion.
A Fair Future? How Equality Will Define Europe’s Next Chapter
Inequality fuels crisis — for people, planet, democracy and the next generation. It’s time to act.
AI’s Impact on Europe’s Job Market: A Call for a Social Compact
The European Union must urgently address AI's profound impact on employment, income, and social cohesion.
Why Real Democracy Needs Conflict, Not Consensus
Real democracy thrives on disagreement—unity without conflict often masks power and silences necessary political struggle.
Universities Under Siege: A Global Reckoning for Higher Education
Governments worldwide are dramatically reshaping higher education, challenging long-held models and academic autonomy.
Ballots or Bans: How Should Democracies Respond to Extremists?
As extremists exploit democracy’s freedoms, should constitutions strike back—or always leave judgment to the ballot box?
The Enduring Appeal of the Hybrid Workplace
For some workers, the future of work is not fully remote, nor fully in the office. It is, increasingly, a clever combination of both.
Trump’s Attacks on Academia: Is the U.S. University System Itself to Blame?
Amid Donald Trump's hostility towards universities the question remains: how did the US leading scholars lose trust?
Shaping the Future of Digital Work: A Bold Proposal for Platform Worker Rights
A new draft convention proposes to establish a comprehensive rights and protections for platform workers globally.
“The Universities Are the Enemy”: Why Europe Must Act Now
The EU should welcome US scholars fleeing Trump’s assault on academia—and lead in global innovation and freedom.
How the Billionaire Boom Is Fueling Inequality—and Threatening Democracy
As wealth concentrates at the top, Europe must act now to defend democracy and economic stability for all.
How Europe’s Political Parties Abandoned Openness—and Left Populism to Fill the Void
Western parties stopped defending openness decades ago—now populists dominate a fight no one else dares to enter.