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Trump and the politics of ‘mean world’

The Republican convention was a four-day cavalcade of the mean world alarmism thriving on fear

By David Brooks

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Why Biden needs a landslide just to win

Only a lopsided show of force would overcome undelivered mail, closed polling sites and Trump’s schemes

By Frank Bruni

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Beirut’s blast is a warning for America

Many Lebanese are starved for a government that represents the common good. The same is true for America

By Thomas L. Friedman

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What kind of political leader is Kamala Harris?

While the vice-presidential candidate has a firm political instinct, she's unlikely to push Biden to address structural conflicts

By Philipp Söker

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Fighting racial inequality is about the power of corporations

Corporations are a central driver of racial inequality in American society — because their basic goal is to maximise profits

By Paul Heideman Heidman

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AOC and the daughter defence

Invoking daughters to deflect criticism has been used throughout history to excuse a host of bad behaviour

By Jessica Bennett

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The left is remaking the world

‘Defund the police’ and ‘cancel rent’ aren’t reforms, but paths to revolution

By Amna A. Akbar

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Facebook can’t be reformed

The US movements for abolishing prisons and defunding the police provide a helpful lens through which to view Facebook

By Charlie Warzel

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Late Soviet America

Like the Soviet Union in its final years, the US is reeling from failures of leadership and suppressed socio-economic tensions

By Harold James

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Protests, the left and the power of democracy

The American left should not squander the sea-change in public opinion of recent weeks by only preaching to the converted

By Sheri Berman