The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama’s self-help slogans
In converting her life story into self-empowering bromides, the former first lady has exposed the limits of her politics.
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The midterms: a fight for America’s soul
In the key swing state of Pennsylvania, Donald Trump began his march back to the White House. Democrat John Fetterman’s…
Rishi Sunak isn’t the UK’s Barack Obama
He doesn’t represent change, hope or success against the odds.
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Why shame in politics matters
Boris Johnson is not Donald Trump, but they both abused the public’s trust and unrepentantly continued in office.
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America’s crisis-industrial complex
Are alarmist narratives about a “new civil war” obscuring the real battle in US politics: the fight for democracy?
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“You know it shouldn’t exist”: Guantánamo at 20
The 39 men still held there are out of reach of the US court system.
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How Joe Biden’s approval rating plunged to a new low
The US president is far less popular than Barack Obama was at the same stage in his presidency.
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Bored in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama’s new podcast is hair-tearingly dull
Barack Obama, one volume into his epic memoir, is busy trying to shape his legacy. Bruce Springsteen has been spinning…
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