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Giving back what isn’t yours is a fundamental way of righting a wrong. Admitting mistakes and making amends is another. These are not controversial statements. But when it comes to American history and the fraught question of who profited from slavery and what, if anything, should be done about it…

Ordinarily, the word “unprecedented” is hyperbole, similar to “Breaking news!” or “Greatest ever!” When used to describe the current danger to American democracy, however, it is all too appropriate. Never in the nation’s history have democratic institutions been so at risk under what would first appear to be banal circumstances.

The Giants manager boycotted the national anthem after recent mass shootings. He is somewhat of a rarity in baseball, a sport not noted for its progressive values

The Whittakers have no education and live in squalor in an isolated shack in the backcountry, which is cut off from civilisation.

I had always been afraid of America. Once, in Alaska, we had dinner with a man my father was working with, and he had actually uttered the line – that iconic American saying, so ridiculous as to be almost unbelievable. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. I thought he…

A review of Mchangama's "Free Speech."

Since 19 students and two teachers were shot dead in Robb Elementary School, 79 people have been killed or injured in 16 more mass shootings in America, reports Rachel Sharp

There are no surprises for guessing which player the American chose as his inspiration

Author of "Overcoming Trumpery" says "methodical" Garland is still building a case against Trump and his regime

Toy fox terrier Pebbles, from South Carolina, America, has been crowned the world's oldest dog by the Guinness World Records after reaching 22 years and 50 days old

SAN DIEGO — As a little girl growing up in the Amazon region of Northern Brazil, Jaíne Mackievicz-Cenci had an unlikely hero — French cookbook author and TV chef Julia Child.