Leadership
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The Meaning of the Mittens: Five Possibilities
Pity the art directors, the stylists, and the stage managers. Naomi Klein The Intercept_ So much effort, taste, strategy, and…
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United States President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris sworn in during inauguration ceremony
Mr Biden, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, gave the oath of office on a 127-year-old family Bible just before…
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America divided: never has the pursuit of happiness seemed so far off
The shocking mob invasion of Capitol Hill is the most obvious manifestation of this – but in the background lurks…
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Donald Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliott Broidy and Lil Wayne in final hours as President
Mr Trump was not expected to pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was at the…
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Unrest in the US has prompted soul-searching in Europe
Many Europeans have felt downcast about the precipitous slide away from cardinal values, including democracy, instigated under President Donald Trump…
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Like Lincoln, Biden Will Be Inaugurated Under the Shadow of Violence
One of Joe Biden’s endearing traits is his love of trains. His regular use of rail travel to shuttle back…
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Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, arrested after returning to Moscow
His arrival in Moscow on Sunday marked the first time Mr Navalny had been home since he was poisoned last…
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Donald Trump’s Masculinity Is an Empty Spectacle
Donald Trump is a man, and he has gone to great lengths to prove it. Megan Garber The Atlantic He…
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Armin Laschet calls for ‘continuity of success’ as he’s elected new leader of Angela Merkel’s party in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader on Saturday, in a vote…
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Who Voted for Hitler?
Back in May of 2017, over drinks, The Nation’s Don Guttenplan recommended to me an out-of-print book from the early 1980s…
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Feeling Betrayed, Far-Right Extremists Have A New Message For Trump: ‘Get Out Of Our Way’
For months, President Donald Trump’s message to his supporters was clear: Jesselyn Cook HuffPost The election was being stolen from…
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Trump is impeached again in historic vote.
In a historic vote today, Donald Trump became the only US president to be impeached twice. Bryan Cranston The Conversation…
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American civil war
In the early hours of Wednesday 6 January, Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church – Martin…
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Origin of the specious: how a family business polluted a democracy
Money, pure and simple. Ideology didn’t get a look-in. Eric Beecher Crikey Rupert Murdoch had never had a US president…
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Michael Pascoe: Government’s peak corruption scheme scores $400 million in 2020
At the current rate of rorting, CDG spending will pass $5 billion on its present timetable of running until 2026,…
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FBI warns armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests being planned for Washington, DC, and at all 50 US state capitols…
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