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Trump has made US militarism worse

US military action has long been shaped by policy and ideology. Now it is shaped by whim.

U.S. President Donald Trump pauses before answering a reporter’s question aboard Air Force One en route from Florida to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Charlie Kirk and the danger of selective empathy

To deny empathy to Kirk and his camp is to undermine our stand against the very divisiveness we criticise.

People mourn Charlie Kirk outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters.

Who counts in America? Trump wants to decide

Excluding undocumented immigrants from the census would shrink representation and deepen inequality.

FILE - A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Elon Musk is the X-factor in the new Trump administration

With Trump on his side, the tech-billionaire appears to be gearing up to remake the world according to his own whims.

Elon Musk in sunglasses and Donald Trump in a MAGA hat

What the Trump assassination attempt means for US politics

While Trump and Biden pursue political gains, they must not leave escalating polarisation unaddressed.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Does the US still need presidential debates?

There is much to be criticised about the debates, but voters can still learn a lot from formal Trump-Biden face-offs.

Signs on the side of the CNN headquarters advertises the presidential debate.

Can Trump rein in his own base on abortion?

Trump has egged on extremists whose anti-abortion stance has mobilised voters against him.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address thousands of anti-abortion activists at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Can the US ever break the two-party binary?

Many in the US are not excited about a Biden vs Trump rematch – could there be another way?

Joe Biden and Donald Trump each had deeply different messages to the nation after rioters stormed the US Capitol [AP Photo] (AP Photo)

The end of affirmative action will also hurt white students

The students admitted under the new ‘race neutral’ regime won’t be receiving the ‘stellar’ education they hoped for.

Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor. Days after the Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, activists say they will sue Harvard over its use of legacy preferences for children of alumni.

The US doesn’t need age limits – it needs term limits

Carefully thought-out term limits can help solve the issues that come from an ageing political class.

US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is brought to a Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting to vote on legislation and pending nominations before the committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 11, 2023.