The recently released birthday tribute book that was gifted to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 demonstrates how power is fortified through social gestures.
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Most sellers already pay no tax, so the proposal’s benefits would flow to the richest.
Trump’s ratings are worse than any other US president since Harry Truman – they only top his own ratings at this stage of his first term.
Most major US media companies have been targeted by Trump this year alone, along with many individual journalists. It’s the destruction of the fourth estate.
Anger at the other side, as represented by the political party opposing yours, is a powerful motivator to engage in protests.
The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.
Both sides insisted they operate in great harmony, but notes of discord will be obvious to the outside world.
Two airstrikes in recent weeks have been aimed at ‘narcoterrorists’, according to the White House. They’ve been deadly, dangerous and likely ineffective.
Why are so many Americans unwilling to identify as liberals, white or otherwise, even while supporting traditionally ‘liberal’ government programs?
Increasing polarisation and a lack of measured debate is fuelling violence in a nation awash with guns.
Compared to other US presidents at the same point in their term, Trump’s ratings are only better than … his own.
Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid may harm vulnerable populations that depend on government-funded care. Proponents of such cuts often frame them in a different way.
A growing international network of fitness-focused clubs for men is the newest iteration of the white supremacy movement.
In the US, political consensus portrays the fentanyl crisis as a border problem but military action is unlikely to solve the issue.
Gerrymandering has existed since the United States’ earliest days, but now technology and political trends are supercharging it.
There’s no evidence of widespread, systematic discrimination against white Americans. Just ask them.
The island state’s second election in two years was brought on by a no-confidence vote. And there’s another one coming - even more complicated than the last.
Politicians who have tried to use social media in recent campaigns have not always been successful. Here’s why.
It’s the first time the Arab League has called for Hamas to disarm and disband.
As the preferences are distributed in the island state, Labor look likely to take half the seats in the northern electorate, despite a lower primary vote.
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