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People react to exit polls during the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) election party in Magdeburg, Germany, following the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6. Filip Singer / EPA

Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony‑Anhalt – and what happens next

The AfD received by far the most amount of votes in Saxony-Anhalt, falling marginally short of an absolute majority.
People mourn as they listen to a speech on May 19, 2026, in San Diego, during a vigil, the day after the shooting outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is part of a far‑right curriculum of violence

The mass shooting at an Islamic centre in San Diego is the latest in a self-replicating network of far-right violence in which each attack is designed to inspire the next.
Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau deliver welcome statements in a hangar near Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century‑long effort to keep some English‑speaking nations white

Australia, Canada and the US identified themselves as ‘white men’s countries’ in the early 20th century and coordinated immigration restrictions to keep them that way.
Franck Allisio, candidate of far right Rassemblement National who was running to be mayor of Marseille, was defeated in the second-round of voting on March 22 2026. Thibaud Moritz/AFP

French local elections: political scientist on what’s next for the hard right and radical left

What’s the upshot of France’s 2026 local elections? Did the vote put the two front-running parties RN and LFI in a stronger position for the Presidential race?

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