President Obama Wants America to Be Like Germany—What Does That Really Mean?

By Steven Hill, The Atlantic.com,

Want a smarter workforce? A stronger manufacturing sector? Germany seems to offer a blueprint for Obama’s middle-out economic agenda — if we take away the right lessons

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Americans have experienced a …

Windmills, Tides, and Solar Besides: The European Way of Energy, Transportation, and Low Carbon Emissions

by Steven Hill, Environmental Law Reporter, February 2013

Europe leads and the U.S. lags in one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century — ecological sustainability.

The material in this article is based on the author’s book, Europe’s

A More Perfect European Union

By Steven Hill, American Prospect, January 28, 2013

David Cameron’s speech has its fair share of detractors, but it should be embraced as an impetus to take Europe’s governance to the next level.

As President Barack Obama embarks on …

Why America Can’t Pass Gun Control — Hint: It’s not the NRA or a gun-loving culture

By Steven Hill and Robert Richie, The Atlantic.com, December 20, 2012

The horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., is the latest grisly episode in what has become a muted debate in the United States: what …

Don’t Cut Social Security—Double It

By Steven Hill, The Atlantic.com,  

Fiscal cliff chatter about slashing the venerable program ignores its fundamental potential and underlying strength.

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As the nation tiptoes closer to the fiscal cliff, a frightening number of leaders on

Does the E.U. deserve Nobel Peace Prize? Interview with Steven Hill

By Ian Masters, various radio stations, December 11, 2012

Does the European Union deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?  I discuss this in my radio interview with Ian Masters on KPFK and other radio stations. I say “yes.” Not …

Is the E.U. falling apart — or falling together?

By Steven Hill, Atlantic/German Times, December 1, 2012

Europe’s choice boils down to:  more federalism or lose the euro

A quiet breakthrough occurred recently in Europe, led in part by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who seems to have rediscovered …

No Wonder So Many Are Disillusioned by Our Politics — We’ve Got an 18th Century Political System

By Steven Hill, AlterNet, November 26, 2012

(The following is an excerpt from the Introduction to 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy: A More Perfect Union, 2012 Election Edition by Steven Hill)

It’s time for American patriots to roll

A Tale of Two Futures (Excerpt from “10 Steps to Repair American Democracy”)

By Steven Hill, Truthout, November 24, 2012

In 2008, an economic crash of historic proportions shook the world. Without a politics that could rein in the economics, Wall Street honchos turned American banks and the financial system into their

California electoral reform fails its first test

By Steven Hill, Sacramento Bee, November 16, 2012

The verdict is now in for the two political reforms pushed by former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and passed by voters. Both the top-two primary and independent redistricting commission have failed to …

U.S. Presidential Election: TV ads carpet bomb swing state voters

By Steven Hill, Social Europe Journal, October 26, 2012

With the debates over and less than two weeks to go before the November 6 election in the United States, the presidential campaigns are shifting into their final phase: persuasion …

The Blue State Strategy for Progressive Renewal

By Steven Hill, The Nation, October 15, 2012 (printed edition)

It is hard to recall a time when politics at the national level was so utterly paralyzed. Even when the Democratic White House and Senate align their stars, which …

Europe’s Earthquake

By Steven Hill, Social Europe Journal, October 12, 2012

Geologists have demonstrated that an earthquake is the end-product of many minor episodes of seismic slippage along a fault line; each smaller event increases the tension until finally the whole …

Size does matter – Europe must unite to compete

By Steven Hill, Guardian, October 8, 2012

Europeans may not want federalism, but they have little choice. A divided Europe would suffer in the global market 

In light of the recent political and economic proposals in Europe – especially …

September Blog Posts on U.S. Presidential Election (in German)

By Steven Hill, IP Die Zeitschrift, September 2012

I have been writing a weekly blog about the US presidential election for the German publication IP Die Zeitschrift, which is published by the German Council on Foreign Relations ( Deutsche …

Democracy Deficit: Why Should Europe Integrate Further?

By Steven Hill, Washington Monthly, September 27, 2012

When European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso stood at the podium at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 12 to give his annual “State of the Union” address, few in …

The mad science of the U.S. presidential election

By Steven Hill, Al Jazeera, September 20, 2012

The technology used in campaigns has changed over the years – and not for the better, writes Steven Hill.

The technology used in presidential campaigns has changed enormously in the modern …

China Bashing and the Shaky Architecture of the U.S. Presidential Election System

By Steven Hill, China-US Focus, September 6, 2012

At times, China has been a focal point in the presidential campaign, with Romney accusing Obama of being too soft on China’s alleged economic violations, and Obama firing back with accusations …

August Blog Posts on U.S. Presidential Election (in German)

By Steven Hill, IP Die Zeitschrift, August 2012

I have been writing a weekly blog about the US presidential election for the German publication IP Die Zeitschrift, which is published by the German Council on Foreign Relations ( …

Europeans on the Move—to Germany

By Steven Hill, IP Journal (Berlin), August 21, 2012

What Europe should take from its latest migration trends.

Recent statistics are showing that workers from crisis-stricken countries on Europe’s periphery are making their way in greater numbers to more stable