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The political CEO
Business and politics are growing closer in America, with worrying consequences
Sherrilyn Ifill on the moral responsibility of business in politics
Companies have a stake in good governance. They must add democracy to the corporate social responsibility agenda to safeguard voting rights and more
CEO activism in America is risky business
Firms used to keep politics at arm’s length. What went wrong?
Will Facebook’s “Supreme Court” reinstate Donald Trump’s account?
A landmark test for the social-media giant’s experiment in content moderation
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The threats to the United Kingdom
From United Kingdom to Untied Kingdom
The bonds that hold England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland together are weaker than at any time in living memory
Brexit has reinvigorated Scottish nationalism
It has also shown up some of the difficulties of secession
Northern Ireland’s unhappy centenary
The Unionists have damaged their cause more in five years than the nationalists have in 50
Welsh nationalism is stirring
In Wales, Labour is caught between nationalists and Conservatives. Can it survive?
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