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Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders campaigns for the 2017 Dutch election in Spijkenisse, a suburb of Rotterdam, on February 18.

Why some immigrants in the Netherlands plan to vote for the ‘Dutch Donald Trump’

February 28, 2017Global Politics

The Dutch suburb of Spijkenisse is a center of support for the anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders.

On the left, The Bedroom as seen in real life. On the right, a digital recolorized visualization.

The walls in Van Gogh’s iconic ‘The Bedroom’ were never meant to be blue

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Dec. 21, 2015.

The five European leaders most likely to be Donald Trump’s soulmate

February 26, 2016Global Politics

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