Democracy in the era of deepfakes
In October a fabricated clip of Keir Starmer swearing at staff was shared. Imagine the impact if it had happened…
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The lawfare state
A court’s barring of Trump from running for president is the culmination of America’s dysfunctional reliance on the legal system.
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The fightback against US anti-Semitism has begun
American Jews no longer believe “it can’t happen here”. It can and it has.
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The life and crimes of Henry K
How the strategist-turned-consultant ushered in a half-century of American darkness.
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s manic pixie dream campaign
What the rapid rise of the Republican presidential hopeful says about the American right.
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The complicated legacy of Henry Kissinger
America’s most powerful secretary of state has died at 100. Let’s not airbrush his history.
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Henry Kissinger’s real triumph
The former diplomat, who has died at age 100, profited for decades by telling clients what they wanted to hear.
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JFK and the myth of the great martyr-saviour
How the assassination of President Kennedy began the age of American conspiracy.
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