The city shift: how the urban-rural divide deepened in the US election
A City Monitor piece examines how our political polarisation can be mapped across America's cities, suburbs, and rural areas.
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Peter Wilby: Murdoch calls time on Trump, why the polls were wrong, and Wigan Warriors are back
Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before almost anyone else, told the president to accept defeat graciously, and cut…
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Without control of the Senate, the Democrats face big challenges. But there is reason for hope
The fear is that Biden’s presidency will be ineffectual from the start, and that he will be unable to steer the…
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Sarah Churchwell’s Diary: My sleepless nights watching CNN, why the arts matter and fighting for truth
Last week my brain spun itself flat, like a pizza, trying to process the US election results. Now it’s just…
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Leader: After Trump
Joe Biden’s victory was rightly celebrated but the Democrats must avoid nostalgia for the age of liberal triumphalism.
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Would Bernie Sanders have done better than Joe Biden in the US election?
Sanders’s brand of radical politics is popular among activists – but it appeals less to the key voters needed to…
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World Review Podcast: America Goes With The Joe
The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock.
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Trumponomics was always a lie
A policy founded on Donald Trump's desire to be popular has done lasting damage to the world's largest economy.
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