Police power and black lives are at opposite ends of a morally indefensible value system.
A union leader could be the next Chicago mayor, signalling a shift towards progressive politics.
Author and poet Maya Angelou’s passing leaves us to contemplate – for us as well as her – how far daring can get you.
A deadlocked political culture is crippling the US economy and there is no end in sight to the crisis.
The euphoria of 2008 has gone, but the US president’s second win is remarkable precisely because it is not as symbolic, writes Gary Younge.
Studies show that Americans believe the economy is important, but they largely still vote according to race and class. Gary Younge reports.
A global poll for the BBC World Service has revealed that 20 out of 21 countries preferred Barack Obama to his challenger.
Barack Obama may have had the upper hand in the latest presidential debate, but the real loser was politics, writes Gary Younge.
When people go out in Chicago, it transpires, they are more likely to get shot. The murder rate for the first half of the year was up by 38%.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s chief weakness is that he sounds like a chief executive.
Organised labour has learnt a valuable lesson in its challenge against Wisconsin’s Republican governor Scott Walker, writes Gary Younge.
United States’ citizens acting at the behest of their country have shown an alarming pattern of despicable behaviour, including torture.
America’s response to the 9/11 attacks was — and remains — wrong in almost every respect.
The decade since the terror attacks in the US has been filled with needless destruction — but no revenge.
The riots cannot be explained by criminality or deprivation alone. But they were unwise and failed to advance any cause.
If the United States government goes into default, it will be because it won’t pay its bills.
In his book, <i>Audacity of Hope</i>, US President Barack Obama described himself as a Rorschach test.
To have credibility within the Republican party is to have none outside it. They act as if all their Kool-Aid has been spiked.
Pity George Bush. Scanning eight years of calamity for the lowest point in his presidency could not have been easy.
This incoherent group has no leaders, no policies, no headquarters. It is held together by Fox TV and big money.
