An insight into the history and present of Christian nationalism, the movement behind Donald Trump’s religious support.
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Drawing parallels between Kennedy and Obama, it is evident that the US needs a very different way of thinking of ‘war’.
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Slavery was a global institution, not a Southern one; its legacy, in the form of the Tea Party, is global too.
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The ‘grand bargain’ Obama still wants to strike would deplete US’ battered middle class and harm the global economy.
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Ignoring, denying or minimising such evidence in the pursuit of false balance dangerously mis-represents the news.
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A Southern-based minority-within-a-minority is furiously opposed to letting the will of the majority be realised.
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Having run out of ideas on how to govern, the American right has turned against the very concept of governing.
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From guns to health care, conservatives push a mythically-driven politics that’s actively hostile to facts.
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Paul Rosenberg discusses Syria, the US, and historical parallels with Vietnam with historian Robert Mann.
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Contrary to the president’s assumptions, the only smart war is the one you don’t fight.
