Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US
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It is impossible to understand the appeal of socialism in America today without looking at its past. And that inevitably leads to Debs
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Is grandiose narcissism required of anyone who wants to run for president? -
The mealy-mouthed responses of the late senator’s former colleagues demonstrates the extent to which Trump has recast the party in his own image -
Next year, Hispanic voters for the first time will be the largest minority group voting for a president – and yet, we are often a last-minute addition to a campaign -
Purdue Pharma is rightly reviled for pushing ‘heroin in a pill’ to those who didn’t need it – but the problem is industry-wide
Spotlight
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The American wing of the movement sees big tech as a target of attack while populists in the rest of the world see it as their best chance of escaping intellectual hegemony
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Editorial: Politicians claiming to know how the present will be judged should be treated with scepticism. The truth is, nobody does -
Editorial: Damaging both to the producers and the consumers, online pornography is finally being tackled -
Editorial: Vast numbers of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being held in detention. The world must speak out
Columnists
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Howard Schultz is the latest self-deluded billionaire with no experience in government contemplating a presidential bid
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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
Kellyanne Conway is no 'badass' – and she's certainly no feminist