Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen was appointed US Editor of the New Statesman in 2001, having been its Washington correspondent and weekly columnist since 1998. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programs and to The Sunday Times Magazine. He has also written for a variety of US newspapers including The New York Times Op-Ed pages. He came to the US in 1989 to be Washington Bureau Chief of The Observer and in 1992 was made Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the American Overseas Press Club for his coverage.

Articles by Andrew Stephen

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The house of slaves

  • 10 July 2006

In the murky basement of his home in Washington's affluent Georgetown district, Andrew Stephen makes a discovery that leads him to some terrible truths about America, past and present

NS Interview - Chomsky

  • 19 June 2006
  • 2 comments

The New York Times calls him "arguably the most important intellectual alive", yet he has needed police guards on his own campus. Andrew Stephen discusses Iraq, Iran and Blair with a man who divides opinion like no other

The shame of the 'jocks'

  • 29 May 2006
  • 2 comments

The alleged rape of a young black woman by a party of rich white sports students lays bare America's attitudes to race and masculinity

The Latino giant awakes

  • 01 May 2006

The new political and economic power of Hispanic immigrants is fuelling an ugly mood of racism in America, where "illegals" are accused of taking healthcare, jobs and housing

To nuke or not to nuke: Bush decides

  • 17 April 2006

There will be an attack; that much is already assumed in Washington. Whether it should be nuclear is a matter of intense debate. The verdict may depend upon the wild card of the president's Messianic complex

Worshippers of wisteria lane

  • 10 April 2006

How Christian are the desperate housewives, in thought and deed? Not very. And neither, despite what they say, are most of their fellow Americans.

A lifetime for a spliff

  • 27 March 2006

Don't use marijuana in the US unless you want to risk going to prison for the rest of your life. America has the most punitive penal system in the world

He's got a plan: cut and run

  • 20 March 2006

Even Rumsfeld, cocooned inside Bush's bunker, can see it's over

Deputy Dick: what we don't know

  • 27 February 2006

Had he been drinking? Why were the witness reports so contradictory? Many questions remain about that quail shoot

Andrew Stephen saves $9,000

  • 20 February 2006

The dentist said I needed an extraction and implants that would cost $9,000. Knowing how things work in the US, I got a second opinion. The result? No extraction, no implants

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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