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Obama on gay marriage, Al Green, and why America is not post-racial
By Samira Shackle - 09 May 17:18

Four key points from the president's interview with Rolling Stone.

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Home Secretary Theresa May
You're all suspects now . . .
By John Pilger - 07 May 8:12

Now that the US is at permanent war with the rest of the world, we are all in the firing line. So what are you going to do about it?

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The world that America built
The world that America built
By Mark Leonard - 02 May 11:48

Three new books by major commentators ask what a planet without US leadership would look like.

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Living in the end times
Living in the end times
By Ben Marcus - 18 April 15:08

Why American writers are obsessed with apocalypse.

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Romney’s wife, Hillary’s comeback and a race as tight as a cheap suit
By Nicholas Wapshott - 18 April 14:54
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The reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
Fisking Fawkes
By Mehdi Hasan - 20 March 11:15

Iran Watch, part 7

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10 things you didn't know about Rick Santorum...
By Mehdi Hasan - 04 January 14:47

...but might like to know in the wake of his Iowa surge.

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Are we heading for an "accidental" war with Iran?
By Mehdi Hasan - 29 December 15:42

The Islamic Republic's vow to close the Strait of Hormuz, in response to sanctions, could give the hawks the conflict they crave - and wreck the global economy.

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Pakistan’s memogate and the undermining of civilian rule
By Catriona Luke - 26 November 12:42

How the country's all-powerful military succeeded in bringing down the Pakistani ambassador to Washington.

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Iran, my critics and me
By Mehdi Hasan - 21 November 14:26

A response to the distortions and misrepresentations.

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