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For the moment, the overwhelming enthusiasm of the female electorate is benefitting Democrats. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ

Women hold key to first major vote of Trump era

Americans on November 6 will pick all 435 members of the House of Representatives and just over one third of the 100-member Senate

  • Elodie Cuzin
4 min read
Pawn: Brett Kavanaugh has been appointed to the US Supreme Court, but the writer says, even if he wasn’t, another clone from the conservative hive mind would have replaced him. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)
BRETT KAVANAUGH

Letters to the editor: October 12 to 18

Our readers write in about Brett Kavanaugh and the Mail & Guardian environment reporter

  • Letters
5 min read
Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters)
BRETT KAVANAUGH

Kavanaugh poised for confirmation to US Supreme Court

If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come

  • Michael Mathes
5 min read
Former Health MEC ?Qedani Mahlangu’s election into the Provincial Executive Committee has been called out for dishonouring the memories of those who have passed in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. (Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo)
ANTI SEMITISM

Reject the grotesque logic of oppression

We need to place feminist commitments at the centre of any truly progressive political project

  • Richard Pithouse
8 min read
Brett Kavanaugh, who strongly denies the allegation, says he wishes to testify as soon as possible to clear his name following Ford’s claims that he attacked her at a 1980s high school party. (Alex Wroblewski/Reuters)
BRETT KAVANAUGH

Trump’s Supreme Court pick faces new sexual misconduct claim

Senate Democrats are now investigating a bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a 1980s college party

  • Olivia Hampton
5 min read