The New Republic

Rodrigo Duterte’s Army of Online Trolls

Since Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines last June, he has waged a brutal crackdown on drug dealers and addicts. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed by government forces, and Duterte has invoked the Holocaust to describe the scope of his ambition. “Hitler massacred three million Jews,” he declared in September. “Now there is three million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter them.”

England’s World Cup Team Is the Anti-Brexit

For once, the soccer squad is packed with coolheaded, collaborative stalwarts. Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet, on the other hand, is full of grandstanding loudmouths.

Is Germany’s Far Right Getting Less Racist—or More Strategic?

The Alternative für Deutschland party has stopped calling for "Dexit," but shown interest in a transnational right-wing alliance.

Elite Soccer’s Culture of Graft

Cristiano Ronaldo's slap on the wrist for Spanish tax fraud belies the scale of the problem.

Enter Stumbling, Stage Right

When did British politics become such a farce?

Chess Is Back

The World Championship between Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen features controversy, glamor, charges of "fake news," and ... Woody Harrelson?