Charlotte McDonald-Gibson

Charlotte McDonald-Gibson is the author of 'Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe’s Refugee Crisis', to be published in the U.S. by The New Press on Sept. 6

Walid Khalil Murad in the foyer of his German language school in Sankt Wendel, a town in northeastern Saarland, on July 25, 2019.

DNA Tests Could Help a Father Find Out What Happened to His Wife and Kids. But Politics Stand in the Way

When Walid Khalil Murad drifts off to sleep, he can feel the warmth of his ...

When Walid Khalil Murad drifts off to sleep, he can feel the warmth of his three small children in bed beside him. They are there in his dreams too, playing happily together. There is three-year-old...

Annalena Baerbock, 2 from L, Chairwoman, Sven Giegold,l, Ska Keller, co-lead candidates for the German Greens Party, Robert Habeck, Chairman and other members of the party wave to delegates at a Greens party congress on May 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany

Europe's Greens Hope E.U. Election Triumph Will Be Turning Point for Climate Policy

The federation of national parties that focus on environmental policies sur...

The federation of national parties that focus on environmental policies surpassed all expectations in the Europe-wide vote

Klaver, photographed in the Hague in March 2017, helped push the Dutch parliament to adopt one of the world’s toughest climate bills in 2018.

In the War for Europe’s Soul, Holland’s Green Crusader Jesse Klaver Is Fighting for the Future

In the European Parliament elections on May 23, environment-focused parties...

In the European Parliament elections on May 23, environment-focused parties like Klaver's want to challenge the rise of far-right populists

Lithuanian soldiers take part in Thunder Storm 2018 multinational NATO military exercises on June 8, 2018 near Pabrade, Lithuania

Trump Is Trying to Dismantle the World Order. Is NATO Next on His List?

"Friends and allies of the United States are wondering, who is the leader o...

"Friends and allies of the United States are wondering, who is the leader of the democratic world?”

Polish demographers say, that due the child benefit launched in 2016 by the ruling conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) number of births is expected to rise, but the trend will not offset the overall fall in the population in the long term. Agnieszka Gessela and her newborn daughter Helena are seen in maternity hospital delivery room in Gdansk, Poland on December 20, 2017

The Far-Right Has Capitalized on the West’s Population Problem. These Policies Could Help

The EU's average birth rate is well below what's needed to sustain a popula...

The EU's average birth rate is well below what's needed to sustain a population

Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio talks with the press after leaving the Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Italy, on May 21, 2018.

Italy's Swing to the Populist Fringe Is Profoundly Symbolic and Deeply Disturbing for the E.U.

As well as being one of the six founding members of the European Union, Ita...

As well as being one of the six founding members of the European Union, Italy has traditionally been a beacon of Europhilia

A journalist looks at an internet story rated as 'fake' on the 'Pinocchio scale' in the newsroom of Correctiv, a nonprofit investigative organization, in Berlin, Germany

The E.U. Agency Fighting Russia's Wildfire of Fake News with a Hosepipe

Inside the “David and Goliath struggle” between Russia's propaganda network...

Inside the “David and Goliath struggle” between Russia's propaganda networks and a tiny E.U. agency