O superman!
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Donald Trump will preside over a new American reality as it takes shape. How can we understand it?
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime – although the Nemesis of today will likely come with fewer wings.
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
The Greek myths teach that pride comes before a fall – something that our leaders, filled with hubris, rarely see before it’s too late.
Ready to roll: Trump’s inauguration stage.
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Trump will be the 44th man to take to the inaugural podium. Very few have left a mark on it.
So help him God.
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The first presidency began with a mandate to make America great. What’s changed?
A parting wave.
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Crucially, President Obama has commuted Manning’s sentence without pardoning her.
The timing of Chelsea Manning’s commutation further undermines any chance of similar approaches to the situations of Julian Assange or Edward Snowden.
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The announcement of Chelsea Manning’s commutation raises questions regarding the future of other high-profile leakers, like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.
Trump stalks the halls of the US Capitol.
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There’s a whole system of checks and balances in place to stop a president like Trump going too far.
A president’s words have incalculable diplomatic power.
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Decades – even centuries – have gone into building the diplomatic protocols on which we all rely. Is all that work being undone?
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Now, more than ever, journalists need to hold Donald Trump to account. They will have their work cut out for them.
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As his nominee for secretary of state awaits confirmation, Donald Trump is under pressure to explain what his views on Russia actually are.
One to remember.
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Heading into the last days of the Obama administration, the outgoing first lady cemented a noble legacy for herself.
The opportunity for emerging political figures to make their mark is considerable.
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Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
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The far left and the far right are closer than they’d like to admit. So can some of their better proposals gain ground in 2017?
Waiting for superman: Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Are we all doomed to never agree on what is or isn’t true?
One Republican member of the Electoral College has said he will not cast his vote for Donald Trump on December 19.
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The Electoral College has survived 227 years and, arguably, has never truly been needed. Now would be a good time to use it.
Union workers supporting coal energy (right) face off against environmentalists in Pittsburgh, 2013.
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Most Americans care about the environment, but they didn’t vote that way this year. Two political scientists urge the movement to build better connections with blue-collar workers and immigrants.
Million of Germans gather to show faith in the Hitler regime, 1933.
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The reboot of the Nazi salute should not be taken lightly, given its history of hatred and genocide.
By sustained rhetorical attacks on women and minorities, Donald Trump absolved white working-class shame.
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Donald Trump employed a ‘choreography of shame’ that diminished everybody – except white working-class men.
Unlike Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump did not give a subculture a corporate, establishment sheen by appropriating it.
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If news pundits had been paying closer attention to memes, they may have been less shocked by the result of the 2016 US presidential election.
President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney shake hands.
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Could Trump bring a new, unifying approach to negotiating to Washington? His outsider status may present an opportunity to mend fences, says an expert in governance.