US rail workers get closer to a deal, and what they deserve
Interventions by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden helped avert strike action, and an economic crisis.
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“This is the big battle”: Jan Schakowsky on abortion in America
The US congresswoman explains how the threat to reproductive rights comes from the same place as the Republicans’ dismissal of…
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Uvalde, Texas, grapples with another shooting
A city still coping with the tragedy of a school shooting faces more violence.
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Albert Bierstadt unveiled the epic vistas of the American West
The German-born painter cast light on the extraordinary beauty of his adopted homeland.
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Is China really preparing to invade Taiwan?
Large military drills have stoked fears that Beijing will try to seize the self-governing island by force.
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Putin and Trump face failure on battlefields of their own making
In Russia and America we are about to see what happens when right-wing nihilism hits the buffers of reality.
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Joe Biden’s “money illusion” – and how it could beat back Trumpism
With his own party divided, the US president’s big spending packages are a way to reconcile political opposites.
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Are the US and China destined for war over Taiwan?
When the powers faced off in the 1990s, American military might forced Beijing to back down. Now they are more…
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Joe Biden’s cancellation of student loans isn’t corrupt – it’s good politics
For those who complain about the US president’s latest fulfilment of a campaign promise: politics is meant to help people.
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Mohsin Hamid: “After 9/11, I was treated as a potential terrorist”
The Booker-shortlisted author on race, America and his new novel, The Last White Man.
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Inflation could end the current economic model
The 50-year arrangement between producer economies and consumer economies is breaking down. What comes next?
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Merrick Garland: the man investigating Donald Trump
The US attorney general who approved the search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home is overseeing two investigations into the former president.
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Liz Cheney lost her primary. So what?
Though she helped shape the modern Republican Party, Cheney ultimately put her country ahead of a political career.
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Why Gone with the Wind is American culture’s original sin
Sarah Churchwell’s book is a 458-page indictment of the Civil War-era romance. Frankly, should we give a damn?
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Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest climate victory since the Paris Agreement
The President's climate and healthcare bill could put US climate ambition back on track.
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The pointlessness of Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip
Is the island any safer from China than it was before the US Speaker’s visit?
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Impatient with their elders, young Democrats step up
Whether moderates or progressives, they believe they better understand the anger and urgency felt by their fellow citizens.
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Senate Democrats offer sign of political life
After secret negotiations Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin have unveiled their Inflation Reduction Act.
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Ron DeSantis’ rise is proof Trumpism will survive without Trump
Florida voters are already giving their state’s governor a 14-point lead over the former president for the 2024 Republican primaries.
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The gathering storm over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
Beijing had warned that its military would not “sit idly by” if the US House Speaker travelled to Taipei.
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