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Published in: HomeAmerica’s new revolutionariesThe belief that the United States stands at a historic crossroads is widespread across the political spectrum. But...
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Published in: HomeSports for people who don't like sportsWith the selection of the politically extreme Paul Ryan as his VP candidate, Romney will energize Obama’s base as...
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Published in: HomeThe death of a controversy?
Non-news about a "controversy" on life support, an inconsequential U-turn and the unfortunate fact that...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion access in the US military – time for the MARCH Act
A Congressional bill has been proposed that will finally repeal the severe restrictions on American servicewomen’s...
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Published in: 50.50The gender gap and the American presidential election
Will the gender gap that decisively helped Bill Clinton and Barack Obama win the presidency again? Only if women...
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Published in: HomeThe ghosts of presidencies past. How today's Republicans need to memorialise Reagan and banish Bush
Myth-making and forgetting are a political process - look at how the USA's Republican Party candidates claim the...
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Published in: HomeNew York justice: a long wait
The effects of the financial crisis are being felt at the sharp end of the local courts system in the United States,...
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Published in: HomeLaw & Order, take two
The successful New York-set crime series Law & Order has generated numerous spin-offs, remakes and reworkings. A...
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Published in: HomeAmerica's social security: reforming a giant
The cost of the United States's trillion-dollar pension system is high on the presidential-election agenda. But...
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Published in: HomeAgainst the militarization of schools
"Opt-out" campaigns to counter strategies of the US military to gather information on potential recruits in high...
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Published in: HomeThe veteran's tale: homeless in the homeland
Many former American soldiers find it hard to readjust to civilian life. Now budget cuts to designated housing...
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Published in: HomePakistan: next in line?
After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening...
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Published in: HomeAmerican leadership, and a system failure
The combination of a faded president, discredited rivals, and a dysfunctional political system spells trouble for...
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Published in: HomeNot commitment phobic: I got engaged
It's not easy being an American Muslim in search of effective political engagement, finds Mehrunisa Qayyum.
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Published in: HomeSo goes California, so goes the nation?The city of Oakland in California has become the militant heart of the occupations movement in the US following a...
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Published in: HomeRessentiment: how sniping at OWS feeds a dangerous populism
The right criticises OWS because it lacks order ... or surreptitiously injects hierarchy; because it respects...
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Published in: HomeOccupy Wall Street: lessons and opportunities
The Occupy movement in the United States is both similar to and different from its Tea Party predecessor. The...
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Published in: HomeAmerica against the tide
The United States's capacity to build alliances and extend influence was once founded on confidence that history was...
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Published in: HomeAmerica after 9/11: the wrong target
A flawed response to terrorism on its soil brought the United States low. The lessons are also for the rest of the...
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Published in: Home9/11, ten years on: reflections
A terror-filled day of mass murder in the eastern United States imprinted itself on the world's consciousness - and...
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