America is angry
Mark Wilson/Getty Images; Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Late last week, as families across the U.S. prepared for Easter, gubernatorial staff in state capitals across the U.S. were busy dealing with a strange...
View ArticleCoyne v. Wells: Border dispute
On Jan. 20, Maclean’s presents “Canada-U.S.: Best Friends or Perfect Strangers?” a roundtable discussion at the Newseum in Washington. Panellists will include Gary Doer, Canada’s ambassador to the...
View ArticleIf America wants real progress on equality, it has to get serious
CBS/Everett Collection It took just two weeks for America to turn its focus from mass murder to mass entertainment. In the wake of the cold-blooded killing of nine black churchgoers in Charleston,...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump happened
Donald Trump celebrates with supporters after winning the Nevada Republican caucus at the Treasure Island Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Feb. 23, 2016. (RUTH FREMSON/New York Times/Redux) Donald John...
View ArticleWatch or read President Obama’s speech to House of Commons
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed Parliament while in Ottawa for the North American Leaders’ Summit. The full transcript of his remarks follow. John Geddes wrote about the speech,...
View ArticleAn obituary for American Greatness, 1776-2017
Tattered American flag flies after Hurricane Sandy. (Education Images/UIG/Getty Images) American Greatness was born on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its parents, including Benjamin...
View ArticleWhat the ceasefire in Syria really means
A herd of sheep is seen near the border between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Quneitra, Syria July 10, 2017. (Alaa al-Faqir/Reuters) Bruce Mabley is the director of the...
View ArticleBlack voters saved Alabama—despite efforts to keep them down
Voters stand in a long line that stretches out the door to vote at Beulah Baptist Church polling station in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 12, 2017. Alabama voters were casting the last ballots...
View ArticleIs Donald Trump a fascist?
Since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, the United States and the world have had to confront questions that have nipped at America for decades, though rarely so aggressively. Could the...
View ArticleWas Jan. 6 the beginning of the end for America?
Insurrection by Trump supporters, false flag operation by anti-Trump forces or a protest with a few difficult moments? American debate over how to characterize—and deal with—the violent invasion of the...
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