Displaying Confederate statues in a carefully curated museum would help end a toxic debate about the difference between remembering and venerating.
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His particular brand of foolery is proving highly effective – and destructive.
The man reportedly in talks with the Trump administration has a vision of setting up something akin to the East India Company in Afghanistan.
Trump’s former chief strategist has returned to his media roots. And he has more than a few grudges.
The alt-right is trying to subvert America’s history of opposition to fascism.
Be prepared to be scared and informed in equal measure by the next series of this cult show.
Robert E. Lee is one of the most memorialised figures of the American civil war. Here’s why that causes so much anger.
What should America’s role in the world be? A lot of people have an answer, but few of them agree.
Having stoked white resentment for his own benefit throughout his campaign, Trump is still emboldening it.
Climate scientist Mark Maslin interviewed the former US vice-president about his new film, An Inconvenient Sequel.
But everyone gets fired in the end.
Donald Trump has put translators and interpreters the world over in an ethical quandary. Sad!
There’s a fierce debate about whether it’s ethical for mental health professionals to diagnose politicians they haven’t personally examined.
The Department of Defence and the CIA have big seats in the editing suite.
It turns out a unified government isn’t enough to get bills passed.
Troupes of women in flowing red capes are turning up all over the US to remind us that reproductive rights are under threat.
Andrew Johnson’s plan to win the loyalty of former Confederate leaders doomed his presidency to historical ignominy.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case on gerrymandering in Wisconsin. We dive into the research on this controversial practice.
At the Versailles court, a well-directed glance could decide a person’s fate. Imagine if Donald Trump were so subtle.
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of American Politics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of American and British Studies, University of Oslo
