To the right, it’s a “clean” alternative to abortion—mothers can just drop their babies off in fire station boxes. And it’s spreading across the country. How did a desperate and once criminal act get turned into a good thing?

The late Italian mogul and prime minister knew how to position himself as the working class’s authentic defender while doing little for them. Sound familiar?

If Trump is anything like Silvio Berlusconi, the chaos has just begun.

Meet Europe’s new far right, the same as the old far right.

The American press has overhyped Giorgia Meloni’s fascist ties—and underhyped what a wreck the country has become under a series of populist “saviors.”

The “El Hiblu 3” were just teenagers when an oil tanker saved their overloaded dinghy in the Mediterranean. So why are they facing decades in prison in Malta?

No one understood political battle lines better than a Communist politician from Sardinia.

Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” is a coming-of-age movie set during a legendary chapter in soccer history.

How the Covid lockdown is reconfiguring the nexus of getting and spending

The coronavirus crisis has turned its member nations against each other.

Inside the effort to rescue Europe’s unwelcome immigrants

The problem with enjoying a seductive drama about Silvio Berlusconi.

Climate change has left a graveyard of abandoned ski resorts on the Italian Alps—and a dwindling population of gravekeepers.

Wars, deaths, suffering women, and families and their discontents are the abiding themes of her novels.

Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse.

In the race for the European Parliament, politics are becoming transnational—and threatening the union from within.

How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the world's health

President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe has been a triumphant tour, resulting in major bilateral deals.

In Europe, governments are increasingly prosecuting people who help migrants.

The soccer superstar is under investigation in the U.S. for an alleged rape, but the case has been largely met with silence.