Alec MacGillis

Articles by Alec MacGillis

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'We must build our house upon a rock'

  • 07 May 2009
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Barack Obama has used his first 100 days in office to remake the culture of US politics. But his critics are asking, “Is the president too socialist and too willing to appease America’s enemies ?” Even Warren Buffett, one of his great supporters, has scorned his wisdom of taxing the rich

And so, the work began

  • 22 January 2009
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The rhetoric may not have soared, but Obama's inaugural speech proved that he is more than ready to get down to business

Obama: What the world expects . . .

  • 15 January 2009
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He only has to rescue the global economy, solve the crisis in the Middle East and fix the environment . . . In this special report, Alec MacGillis, Patricia J Williams, Will Hutton, Sigrid Rausing, Benjamin Markovits, Katherine Butler and Mark Lynas assess the new president's prospects

Saviour of the Republicans

  • 08 January 2009
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Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana

The team of rivals thing

  • 27 November 2008
  • 17 comments

For Barack Obama, forgiveness has few bounds if it means he can surround himself with the best people - and that includes a former enemy, Hillary Clinton

In with the in-crowd

  • 13 November 2008
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The appointment of a pro-Israel hawk has, to some, undermined Obama's call for a new politics. Or maybe he just doesn't want to seem soft

The triumph of hope

  • 06 November 2008
  • 38 comments

On 4 November, Barack Obama won an emphatic mandate for change. Over the next ten pages we celebrate in words and pictures his remarkable victory, tracing his long and arduous journey from the snow-whitened landscape of Iowa to his final rally in Chicago

Yes, we certainly can . . .

  • 06 November 2008

The final days of the campaign were marked by an extreme stillness. It was as if Americans had "challenged themselves to be better"

Lost in rural USA

  • 23 October 2008

There was a time when Republican candidates could rely on small-town America to take them to the White House. Now even that's changing

A year with Obama

  • 16 October 2008
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The journey from college kid to presidential candidate was short. Yet it is the audacity of that choice, his faith in himself, that could see Barack Obama succeed. Alec MacGillis travelled with him on his year-long attempt to win over America

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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