Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US
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The death of Jakelin Caal Maquin in US custody follows decades of devastation in her home country
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With less than two years until election day, no other Democratic candidate has the ability to defeat Donald Trump, says Current Affairs’ Nathan Robinson -
In the wake of the latest reports criticising Facebook and Google, maybe it’s time for the tech giants to relinquish their hold over our lives
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At least a scoundrel knows when he is doing wrong. But the president is blind to the very idea of public interest, says Robert Reich, University of California professor of public policy -
The death of the seven-year-old Guatemalan girl in US border patrol custody demands a reckoning
Spotlight
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After the painful anniversary, I attended a series that educates participants about our town’s bleak history. It hurts to look at the past, but we must if we hope to ever be free
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Editorial: Pope Francis has excoriated his enemies in the church. Is this a sign of weakness, or of strength?
Columnists
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Moves to oust the company’s leadership team of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg suddenly look a lot more serious as its legal position becomes more perilous
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It’s easy for white liberals to imagine homophobia as the fault of a cartoonish black character even though black people hardly wield the power that drives it
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I’m taking a pause from journalism – while I’m gone, can someone please work out how to win back the working class?
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This week reminded me that #MeToo isn’t going anywhere, and that anyone who tries to punish the leaders will be stopped
The answer to plastic pollution is to not create waste in the first place