Even an abortion scandal might not stop “pro-life” candidate Herschel Walker
The anti-abortion Republican running for a Senate seat in Georgia has been accused of paying for a former girlfriend’s termination.
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The extraordinary influence of the Claremont Institute on the American right
The think tank is trying to reshape the political landscape.
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Brazil’s election proves it – the pandemic did not kill nationalist populism
Jair Bolsonaro has run Lula surprisingly close in the first round of the presidential vote, piling on the pressure ahead…
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Lula vs Bolsonaro: Brazil’s 2022 presidential election explained
The race to be the next president of Latin America’s biggest country could hardly be more polarised.
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From the US, the UK’s economic policy appears senseless
In America the view that sterling is now an emerging market currency is not a meme but a widely-held sentiment.
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“Special, but not exclusive”: will US/UK relations be damaged by Liz Truss?
Joe Biden has a new British PM to deal with, but the same Northern Ireland protocol problem.
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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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