Queen bee of the K-Hive

Kamala Harris’ campaign is harnessing social media to paint Trump as old and ‘weird’ while increasing her appeal to young audiences online.

California dreamin’

Ronald Reagan sold America a sunny Californian vision of a fresh start after years of malaise, and Kamala Harris can do the same for a reinvigorated Democratic party.

The truths we hold

Published back in 2018, Kamala Harris’s autobiography has leapt up the bestseller lists since she was effectively nominated as Biden’s successor, so what does it tell us about what kind of President she’ll be?

A new hope?

Donald Trump is now seeing his lead wither before him as the fresh and young face of Kamala Harris steps forward for the Democrats.

Better angels

President Abraham Lincoln appealed to the ‘better angels’ of America’s electorate to heal division and distrust and they are needed more than ever today.

A reader’s guide to the US election

Understanding the 2024 election isn’t easy, given the withdrawl of the sitting President and Donald Trump’s promise that if he wins in November, Americans will never have to vote again, so what are the best books and podcasts to make sense of it all?

Biden leaves the stage

Given mounting concern about his prospects of re-election, Joe Biden has withdrawn his candidacy and urged Democrats to back Vice-President Kamala Harris instead.

Could Harris trump Trump?

President Joe Biden says only God – or medical advice – will prevent him running for re-election. Should Biden drop out of the race, could Vice President Kamala Harris turn potential defeat into a viable contest between Democrats and Donald Trump?

Should Biden bow out?

Despite his bombastic attempt to overthrow American democracy and a string of criminal convictions, Donald Trump is proving a strong challenger to Joe Biden, so should the ageing President bow out of the campaign?

A history of violence

Political assassination attempts are nothing new, and the bullet which almost took Donald Trump’s life could prove a turning point in the American election.

America v America

A new book, The Forever War, argues that America’s extreme polarisation has been 250 years in the making as the roots of its modern-day malaise can be found in its troubled and unresolved past.

America alone

America’s foreign policy has always been a battleground between isolationist and internationalist forces, according to Charles Kupchan. The tussle continues to this very day, and could intensify if Donald Trump wins the next US Presidential election.