Why Tim Walz was a loser
The Minnesota Governor was too nice to survive the coarse cruelty of the Trump era
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The contradictions of Team Trump
How Donald Trump will keep his coalition of support together amid his cabinet’s competing ideologies.
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“Your body, my choice”: a chilling slogan of the Trumpian alt-right
The phrase, partly a semi-ironic attempt to rile liberals, reveals an undercurrent of extreme misogyny in the US.
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The nationalist international
In office, the Republicans’ main opponent could be economic reality. Tariffs, combined with tax cuts, threaten to stoke inflation.
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Apocalypse now in New York
I told myself I wouldn’t be as shocked and disappointed as I was in 2016. But I was. Also this…
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After Trump’s win, expect a shift in Labour’s priorities
There are giant undulations from the US already rippling through British politics.
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We’re going to find out how bad Project 2025 will be
Trump 2.0 may immiserate America in a way his first time in office could not.
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Letter of the week: Why Trump won the workers
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Kamala Harris and the perils of identity politics
The Democrats’ decision to choose a vice-president for tokenistic reasons was always destined to backfire.
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How “YMCA” became Donald Trump’s unlikely theme song
The Republican campaign’s embrace of the gay anthem shows just how much the party has been changed.
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Britain must learn from America’s populist disaster
If we don’t, we shall be doomed to repeat it.
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That time I met Donald Trump
Also this week: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-identity politics and Masayoshi Son’s love of risk.
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The great American rupture
Kamala Harris’s doomed campaign failed to deter voters from the promise of “America First”.
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Staying up all night for elections used to be fun. But not any more
Perhaps it is the weariness of age, or that it’s hard to find optimism in politics these days.
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Bernie Sanders crashes Kamala Harris’s stubborn farewell speech
Will the Democratic elite learn anything from her defeat?
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Donald Trump is a climate disaster
His return could unravel the global consensus on emission reduction.
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The revenge of Donald Trump
Americans know who he is. They voted to elect him anyway.
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In America, women are disposable
Donald Trump’s win is a betrayal of women’s fundamental rights.
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Is Labour ready for Trump 2.0?
The UK-US relationship faces one of its gravest tests.
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Trump’s victory is a cataclysm
How should the left navigate the new era to come?
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