Sweden
Founding fatherhood: Part I
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into parental leave and caregiving in various affluent democracies between 1965 to 2016.
Should you feed child guests dinner? What #Swedengate tells us about food culture and social expectations.
In historic shift, Sweden will join Finland in requesting NATO membership
Russia's invasion in Ukraine ‘is far from done,’ retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says
This ‘living lab’ in Sweden experiments with the future of sustainable cities
Sweden's first female prime minister quits hours later
Magdalena Andersson resigns hours after assuming the role of prime minister, after suffering a budget defeat in parliament and after her coalition partner, the Greens Party, left the two-party minority government.
José González’s 'Local Valley' mixes sounds from West Africa, from the Sahel to Ghanaian highlife
Over his 18-year music career, José González has tapped into sounds from three continents: Brazilian bossa nova, Swedish hardcore punk, and now, West African styles.
Top Pentagon leaders in the hot seat over Afghanistan withdrawal
Top of The World: Top Pentagon officials are expected to face tough questions from Congress on Tuesday in their first public testimony since the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan last month. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Watch the testimony streaming live here.
Sweden’s gun violence rates have soared. But this Swedish city is bucking that trend.
Sweden’s third-largest city, Malmö, implemented a strategy that has been successful in combating gangs. In turn, gun violence there has gone down.
A small town in Sweden fights to preserve Elfdalian, a dying forest language
The town of Älvdalen is fighting to preserve its local language amid pushback from some members of parliament.
Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of 'radical climate acceptance'
Kim Nicholas, a climate scientist at Lund University in Sweden, has a new book out this week, "Under the Sky We Make: How to be a Human in a Warming World," to help people understand where they fit into solving the climate crisis.
Russia expels Western diplomats over Navalny rally
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany for attending a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
2020: The year of the primal scream — and other pandemic remedies
The pandemic pushed our collective mental health to the breaking point with unprecedented stress, anxiety and fear. From screaming and baking to writing and singing, here are just some of the ways people around the world coped under lockdown.
Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not 'shift mindsets,' says Swedish scientist
Lena Einhorn, a filmmaker and former virologist, was one of the early opponents of Sweden's more relaxed coronavirus strategy. She joins The World's host Marco Werman to talk about how Sweden's new virus restrictions may not be enough.
He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.
Omar Alshogre was a teenager when security forces in Syria arrested him for participating in demonstrations. He was imprisoned and tortured. Last month, Alshogre learned he had been accepted to Georgetown University.