Why a bid to strip away abortion rights in Kansas backfired
You know something’s up when restriction fails in a Republican state.
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Don’t let Republicans rehabilitate their party through the 6 January hearings
Despite the efforts of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, their party hasn’t changed since Trump.
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Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns
Lone wolf theory, mental illness – there’s no end of old tropes that are preferred.
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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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In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony
The end of Roe vs Wade is part of a wholesale attack on America’s democracy and postwar liberal consensus by…
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Jonathan Haidt: “America is the ghost of liberal democracies’ future”
The social psychologist believes bitter online discourse is hastening the spread of US-style recriminatory politics.
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Liz Cheney can be a villainous Republican and an honourable human being at the same time
Her conduct at the 6 January Capitol riot hearings shows people are neither entirely good nor evil.
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The US Capitol riot hearings shouldn’t be about partisan politics
If America doesn’t properly reckon with the events of 6 January 2021, its democracy may never come back.
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From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right
Is the Republican Party of Trump and QAnon also now the party of non-religious class warriors?
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You might think Tory MPs are bad, but you haven’t seen Republicans
The Capitol riot was apparently not enough of a reason to challenge Donald Trump.
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Why the US gun lobby has a fatal grip on American politics
The NRA funnels millions into the Republican Party, making it a powerful force against any proposed restrictions on firearms.
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American exceptionalism is an open door to fascism
Complacency over mass shootings could lead to a far darker future.
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Rep. Andy Levin: “I’m not going to be intimidated. I don’t care how much money they throw at the race.”
The congressman from Michigan on progressive politics and the importance of turnout ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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Far-right Republicans head to midterms after primary victories
Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania all offered a taste of what’s to come in November.
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Republicans want to destroy the US presidential debates
That may not seem like a great loss, but the opportunity for public scrutiny of policy ideas would be lost.
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How the Republican Party is undermining trust in public life
Corrosive public attitudes are the culmination of 40 years of the party’s relentless anti-government rhetoric.
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Politics of insulin reveals the sickness of US health system
Diabetics need insulin to stay alive but drugmakers and politicians ensure the price remains high.
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Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court gives hope to liberals
Joe Biden has a chance to put a liberal on the court while Democrats control the Senate.
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Joe Biden’s failure on voting rights could cost the Democrats the White House
In the face of increasingly repressive systems, it’s not enough to tell people to make more effort to vote.
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The four-pronged attack on American democracy
Republicans are changing the rules to make sure their defeat in November 2020 can’t happen again.
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