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Abortion rights were on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections – all broke in favor of abortion-rights advocates.
People’s belief in American democracy is undermined by regular changes to state voting laws.
Who will win the US midterms, the polls, or the gambling markets?
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Christian nationalist ideas are about more than simply being religious and patriotic. They form a worldview about how the nation should be structured and who belongs there.
Religious belief in the devil may have declined, but western demons are alive and well in popular culture and contemporary politics.
The Unfolding is fiction: a made-up story of American politics. But just like in the real United States, the lines between truth and fantasy in this novel are perilously thin.
Americans voters are angry about everything from abortion to inflation. While anger is good for voter turnout, it’s ultimately bad for solving problems in a democracy.
Donald Trump likes books about as much as he does germs, but more than 100 have been written about him. Journalist Maggie Haberman conducted 250 interviews for hers, including three with Trump.
Political debate has always been filled with heated words and deeply held emotions. But the level of civility in political discourse has reached a new low.
In today’s world, propaganda thrives and manipulation is rife, but in ways that Orwell never envisioned.
Many Republicans have wrestled with whether to embrace Donald Trump and his brash political style. Latter-day Saints are an especially telling example.
Since 1913, the number of seats in the House has remained constant even though the nation’s population has more than tripled.
Congressional hearings into the January 6 insurrection have exposed the extent to which self-regulation of social media is not working.
Referendums and citizens initiatives can be a popular way to push politicians to listen to the people – they can also be an exercise in propaganda.
Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic.
Breaking History reads like a dutiful student’s account of ‘what I did on my summer holidays’. But Kushner provides useful insights into the Washington and Middle Eastern policy-making processes.
With two months to go until the US mid-terms, President Joe Biden has seen a significant lift in his approval ratings.
Almost 35 years after the US Senate was first warned about climate change, it has passed a bill. Here’s what it means for Australia.
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