The victories that followed the American civil war and the 1960s civil rights era are once again under attack, echoing earlier efforts to roll back equality and redefine democracy, says JOE SIMS
Any progress in the US is blocked by its constitution
We cannot expect either party to introduce laws that will share wealth or address the ecological damage big business does — propertied interests have been protected from actual democracy since 1789, writes ROBERT OVETZ
AMERICAN DREAM: The 1787 constitutional convention as imagined by artist Howard Chandler Christy, in 1940, and (below) a copy of the US constitution, which came into force in 1789
In 2010, faced with the closure of their local library, a Buckinghamshire town’s locals turned to an unconventional tactic – borrowing every single book – to defend a cherished community space. MAT COWARD tells the story
The indictment of Nicolas Maduro after a deadly US assault is just the latest phase in a long campaign against the Bolivarian government, warns FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Journalist STEVE SWEENEY talks to Roger McKenzie about narrowly surviving an Israeli air strike last week while documenting the mass displacement of civilians – and explains why the real story goes far beyond the attack on him
After 27 years in Holyrood, the former first minister urged unity and respect — but, says NEIL FINDLAY, her time in power told a very different story
The Employment Rights Act 2025’s focus on individual rights forces workers into slow and costly litigation to assert rights, rather than empowering unions. A Campaign for Trade Union Freedom-Strike Map rally at the weekend called for a more radical sequel, reports BEN CHACKO
THE US midterm election is being portrayed as a battle between whether the Democrats or the Republicans will control Congress. But regardless of who prevails, none of the issues that matter to the economic majority will change.
Crises ranging from climate catastrophe, police terror, to corporate power have continued for decades without resolution and are certain to go unaddressed even after the election.
We blame many things for why nothing gets done. Partisanship between the two dominant parties, corporate dark money rigging elections and apathetic voters get all the blame.
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