Long reads From the NS archive: JK Rowling in the US 1 November 1999: Theories and misconceptions were already beginning to surround the Harry Potter author. By Andrew Stephen
Turning right together In the final stages of most battles for the presidency, the Republican candidate drifts to the left By Andrew Stephen
Can’t take the heat Washington ground to a halt in a recent heatwave. What better proof of how America's infrastructure By Andrew Stephen
Hating Hillary Gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which By Andrew Stephen
A murky outcome After the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, the Democrats are increasingly backed into a corner, By Andrew Stephen
And the winner is: the lawyers Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania points the way to a farcical legal finale to the Democratic race By Andrew Stephen
President McCain? It could happen The Republican candidate has been the "forgotten man" of the race. Yet there is a good chance he wil By Andrew Stephen
It could be a stalemate The Democratic race is so close that it may be decided by the super-delegates - and planeloads of la By Andrew Stephen
The fight is far from over With Hillary Clinton's dramatic victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, Andrew Stephen reports on By Andrew Stephen