Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US
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Trump is a politician perfectly fitted for a media ecosystem that amplifies extreme emotion and allows the loud to drown out the calm
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The party has reinforced racism, homophobia and misogyny to tilt the electorate as far to the right as possible
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Candidates should be clear about how Trump targets immigrants and people of color, but those policies hurt poor white people as well
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Trump is playing the country like he’s a conductor of a symphony of racist violence
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This conspiracy theory is influencing killers from Germany to New Zealand and now, it seems, El Paso
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: Xi Jinping’s newfound readiness to let the yuan float sends a worrying message that there will be no deal by the end of August deadline
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Editorial: Relaxation of the guardianship system is long overdue. But more change is needed, and the credit for these reforms should to the women who have fought for them – not Riyadh
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Editorial: The football and cricket seasons have expanded beyond all reason. Spectators and players need a break
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
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