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The Democratic party is undermining Bernie Sanders-style candidatesIn Kansas, the Democrats barely lifted a finger to help James Thompson, a progressive who came painfully close to winning. That’s a losing strategy -
Let's stop calling North Korea 'crazy' and understand their motivesThe world knows little about the palace politics in North Korea, the world’s most opaque country. Yet it seems like Kim is acting intelligently
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The White House forgets the Holocaust (again)Remember how the Trump administration deliberately ignored Jewish victims of the Holocaust? That is key to understanding Sean Spicer’s gaffe
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Identifying Donald Trump's foreign policy – a quiz with no right answersAttempting to study the US president’s foreign policy is akin to taking a test full of trick questions. He doesn’t have one
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The forcible removal of an Asian man from an overbooked flight echoes examples of American violence against people of colour who defy authorityThanks to United Airlines, is flying while Asian something to fear?
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It's not just Syria. Trump is ratcheting up wars across the worldFrom the expansion of official US war zones in Yemen and Somalia to a spike in drone strikes, conflicts are heating up on several fronts
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Trump's relationship with Russia was confusing enough. Then Syria happenedTrump is playing chicken with Russia even as the nature of his relationship with Russia remains bizarre and unexplained
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Trump's senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothingThe US bombing of a Syrian airfield is flip-floppery at its worst. And it signals to America’s foes that Trump can be easily dragged into military quagmires
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Ivanka Trump thinks she is in Beauty and the Beast: more like MacbethThe first daughter likes to sell herself as the moral conscience of her father’s administration, but the deep ethical stains are on her hands too
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The Guardian view on computers and language: reproducing biasEditorial: The English language is full of value judgments. These are taken over by the computer algorithms that use it. What can we do about these unconscious biases?
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The Guardian view on immortality: not for the faint-heartedEditorial: The faithful and the futurologists imagine life without death. But living forever may not be all it’s cracked up to be, and then what?
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The Guardian view on South Africa: fighting for the ANC’s futureEditorial: The condemnation of Jacob Zuma is growing inside and outside his party. But the fate of this powerful personality is not the real issue
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Jill AbramsonJill AbramsonThe first daughter likes to sell herself as the moral conscience of her father’s administration, but the deep ethical stains are on her hands tooIvanka Trump thinks she is in Beauty and the Beast: more like Macbeth
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Lucia GravesLucia GravesNeil Gorsuch's 'sexist' comments on maternity leave: the full storyJennifer Sisk was shocked at remarks by Trump’s future supreme court nominee in an ethics class last year. Now others have come forward to support her story
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Steven W ThrasherSteven W ThrasherThe forcible removal of an Asian man from an overbooked flight echoes examples of American violence against people of colour who defy authorityThanks to United Airlines, is flying while Asian something to fear?
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Thomas FrankThomas FrankThomas Frank: Donald Trump is right but a hypocrite – Behind the Lines podcastAfter the US president’s wooing of the working class, have the Democrats lost their relevance? And did Obama miss the chance to create true change?
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