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A bloody American ancestry

Advancing through fear and violence, amassing wealth and power, the Blood dynasty embodied the untamed spirits of a young nation.

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Pro-Palestine protests are proliferating across Western universities – but only the US has responded with military-grade police violence.

By Jill Filipovic

Pro-Palestine activists at Columbia show an America unable to come to terms with its own helplessness.

By Lee Siegel

If most male US voters believe that Donald Trump is respectful to women, how are they behaving in their own…

By Jill Filipovic

The US Senate has approved a bill for $95bn worth of foreign aid – thanks to the Republican speaker of…

By Harry Lambert

At a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, a fervid former president kept his audience rapt. Suburbs like this will soon decide…

By Harry Lambert

Divisions over Israel-Palestine have morphed into a fight for free speech and thrown the Ivy League university into crisis.

By Kiran Moodley

We don’t need to imagine a world ravaged by nuclear war – we’re already living in it.

By Erik Baker