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Re "After Corbyn, After Covid" by Gary Younge [June 1/8 ]: As an ex - Labour MP and ex-minister for Europe, I would like to qualify the conventional wisdom from him that the UK chose "to leave the European Union in a referendum. But in Labour seats in the North - and I represented one for 18 years - while the totality voted for Brexit, most identifiable Labour voters did not. The fact is the Remain campaign was poorly run, and Labour voters backed Remain by the same margin as Scottish National Party voters. [Extracted from the article]

This article comments on the agenda of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the country's exit from the European Union (EU) in 2019. It explores the dispute between the British Parliament and Johnson over reaching a Brexit deal with the EU. The prime minister is criticized for being a habitual liar, citing cases wherein he lied in his job.

'So long as you have a society with lots of guns--and America has more guns per capita than any other country in the world--children will be at risk of being [...]

This article is the final one in a series looking at swing states, and swing constituencies, in the 2004 presidential election.--The Editors Driving down Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, a woman [...]

Arab immigrants and men from other countries regarded as potential sources of terrorism that do not possess green card, are registered, fingerprinted and photographed by the immigration services of the US, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The United States Justice Department's inspector general criticizes this round up, as the officials are failing to distinguish innocent immigrants and persons connected to terrorism.

The author discusses the conduct of George Zimmerman following his 2013 acquittal in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. He looks at the debate over whether Zimmerman's actions should be considered racist. He argues that the case is the result of societal and institutional racism in the U.S., citing the stop-and-frisk police policies in New York City, "stand your ground" self-defense laws, and racial disparities in law enforcement, education, and income.

The article discusses the announcement of the resignation of British Prime Minister Theresa May in relation to the British exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit. Topics include the outcome of a June 8, 2019 election for May's Conservative Party, the realignment of the Labour Party, and the impact of the Brexit Party led by politician Nigel Farage.

The article discusses the implications of the British exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit, for the EU. Topics include actions by the British Parliament, the impact of xenophobia and far-right political parties in Europe, and increasing racism and anti-Semitism in relation to hatred against immigrants in Europe.

The article discusses the anticipated British exit from the European Union (EU), known as Brexit. Topics include debate in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, the relation of Prime Minister Theresa May to the Conservative Party, and public opinion about dysfunctional aspects of the British government.

The author comments on the effects of Brexit, Great Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. He suggests that Brexit has had more domestic consequences on Great Britain's economy and government while the Trump administration will have a greater affect on other, weaker nations than on the U.S. He goes on to discuss how the political left can respond to each situation.

The article discusses the possible Democratic presidential candidates in the 2020 U.S. presidential election against Republican President Donald Trump, including the author's contention that Democrats should develop a progressive movement and agenda to bring to the 2020 election campaign. It comments on the role character plays in elections, which the author believes is superseded by the advocacy of popular policy, including in regard to the popularity of Senator Bernie Sanders.

The article discusses the role of nostalgia in the British referendum to leave the European Union (EU), known as Brexit. Topics include the role of British Prime Minister Theresa May in negotiations with EU officials, the actions of Conservative Party politicians in Great Britain, and the implications of an end to freedom of movement and free trade between Great Britain and the EU.

The article examines that Gary Younge assesses the impact of protests over police shootings on the U.S. presidential elections. Topics include reports that President John F. Kennedy tried to convince civil rights leaders that the demonstration was a bad idea in August 1963; and focuses on the post-election debate about how Black Lives Matter affected the vote has come from Democrats and has focused on Congressional races where they fared worse than predicted.

The article presents the author's views on segregation and racism in the United States following several criminal trials that involved the reinvestigation of racially motivated crimes, including the recent conviction of Edgar Ray Killen. Over the past decade state authorities have been picking up aging white men one by one and parading the down history's perpetrator walk of shame, complete with orange jumpsuits and handcuffs. Since 1989, twenty-three murders have been re-examined in the South, resulting in twenty-seven arrests, twenty-two convictions, two acquittals and one mistrial, according to Mark Potok of the Intelligence Project, a branch of the Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama. These developments should, of course, be welcomed. Beyond the importance of the prosecutions to the families of those who died and the communities in which the murders took place, they have a broader symbolic significance. They show that the struggle for justice, while long and arduous, can bear fruit in the most barren soil. They also show that these men, along with scores of others who perished in the same cause, did not die in vain. But while symbols are important, they should not be mistaken for substance. While the crimes that occurred during segregation were rarely systemic -- the individuals who carried them out and the manner in which they carried them out were far too crude for that -- they were systemic. They were born into a system of segregation that worked to preserve white privilege in the face of a concerted progressive onslaught -- a system in which the white community had to collude in a order for it to function. While the scale and nature of those privileges may have changed, the privileges themselves still exist.

The article discusses the Euroskepticism of far-right, populist governments in the European Union (EU), including the Italy government's skepticism of the euro currency. An overview of the context of Great Britain's withdrawal from the EU, or Brexit, including British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit negotiations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is provided.

The article discusses attempts to deport British residents who are immigrants in relation to xenophobia in Great Britain. Topics include attempts by the British government to create a hostile environment for immigrants, protests against a 2014 immigration law that has affect Caribbean immigrants who were known as the Windrush generation, and the impact of the events on the consciences of British people.

The article discusses racism's relationship with the 2016 election of U.S. President Donald Trump and the 2016 Brexit referendum in Great Britain. An overview of the political left's opposition to racism in both countries, including in the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s, is provided.

The article discusses the urge of the young people towards gun control. Topics mention including mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, study conducted by journalism professor Susan Moeller from University of Maryland regarding the responses to the mass media's report and activism against the political complacency.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's racism which conforms with the history of U.S. foreign policy. Topics discussed include sentiments of former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and British premier Margaret Thatcher, perception of powerful nations about other countries, and democracy of systemic exclusion.

The author offers tips on interviewing Nazis. He discusses an interview with Nazis Tony and Maria Hovater at Applebee's, his interview with alt-right leader Richard Spencer at a white-supremacist conference, the balance that needs to be considered when interviewing Nazis, and the mistake being made by the British press when profiling a jihadi terrorist.

The author comments on the British Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn gaining powerfully in influence despite losing the parliamentary elections, following the June 14, 2017 fire in the Grenfell Tower in London, England. Topics covered include the tragedy not as the product not of bad luck, but of bad policy of the ruling Conservative Party, the broader arguments on policy brought by the disaster, and how Corbyn's leadership and the policies he set out changed British politics.

The article discusses a mandate for British Prime Minister Theresa May to negotiate strategy for leaving the European Union (EU). May is criticized for having no strategy to execute her mandate. The Labour Party is expected to face a challenge in the 2017 election. The failure of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to deal with a challenge brought by Brexit is also explored.

The article talks about the control of Republicans over both houses of U.S. Congress and the White House. It states that U.S. President Donald Trump is approving all the legislations passed by them, however is not sure about the health-care policy drafted by former president Barack Obama, called Obamacare. It also talks about Great Britain Independence Party's (UKIP) former leader Nigel Farage, who has resigned from politics. It states that Brexit was supported by many before it was certain.

The author focuses on the relationship of Great Britain with the U.S. particularly in the new administration of U.S. president Donald Trump. Topics discussed include the efforts of British Prime Minister Theresa May to re-establish diplomatic ties with the U.S. and what the author views as the futility of it. The invitation by May to Trump for a state visit fronted by protests and demonstrations against Trump is also mentioned.

The article discusses the 2016 U.S. presidential election in relation to the June 24, 2016 Brexit referendum in Great Britain to leave the European Union. Topics include economic problems in the U.S., the relation of populism to political elites in the U.S. and Great Britain, and factors affecting opinions on U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.