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      Tesla’s black workers faced widespread racism, US agency alleges

      Lawsuit says employees at Fremont assembly plant endured ‘severe or pervasive’ harassment since 2015

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      News in-depthDemocratic Party US
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      City’s mayor and federal government spar as thousands of people arrive seeking work and housing

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      McKinsey
      McKinsey pays out another $230mn to settle opioid cases

      Consultancy admits no wrongdoing as it resolves claims from municipalities and school districts

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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Oren Cass
      US Republicans could finally win the argument on immigration

      Illegal border crossings have quadrupled since Joe Biden became president

      Asylum seekers in New York. More than 100,000 migrants have arrived in the city over the past year
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      Dividing the world into heroes and villains does us little good

      We need to be able to speak in nuanced terms, including about Russell Brand or Donald Trump

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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      US immigration
      Cross-border cargo trains disrupted as US strains to contain migrant rush

      Wave of crossings via Mexico puts pressure on authorities

    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
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      Tactics are shifting in the war on drugs

      Experimentation continues on measures to tackle addiction and fatal overdoses

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    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
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      Illinois to become first US state to abolish cash bail

      Practice of demanding pretrial monetary bonds to be released from jail blamed for high incarceration rates

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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
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      The Two-Parent Privilege — we need to talk about kids with single parents

      Melissa S Kearney looks at how the startling shift affecting American families disadvantages children and exacerbates inequality

    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      The history wars have a big casualty — the past

      Sins of omission and distortion from politicians are complicating the real point of the discipline

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      Jemima Kelly
      Schadenfreude, Burning Man and the unifying power of mockery

      The reason we feel so good about laughing at people’s expense is that we have convinced ourselves they deserve it

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    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Rana Foroohar
      America’s New Right is moving beyond Reaganism

      Capitalism is coming in for Republican criticism as a political pivot point emerges

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      Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro convicted on contempt charges

      Jury finds ex-official failed to co-operate with investigation into January 6 attack on US Capitol

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      US law firm removes diversity criteria for fellowship after challenge

      Move by Morrison Foerster comes as it was targeted in latest anti-affirmative action campaign by activist Edward Blum

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    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
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      Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years in January 6 case

      Enrique Tarrio receives longest prison term so far among more than 1,000 defendants charged in connection with the attack

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      Annual Nevada festival has become magnet for tech and finance execs and social media influencers

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    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Thousands of Burning Man festival-goers stranded in Nevada mud

      Torrential rains turn desert event into ‘hellscape’ of impenetrable muck and overflowing sewage

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    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      US presidential election 2024
      Nikki Haley calls on ageing US leaders to ‘step away’ from power

      Republican presidential hopeful also says Americans would not vote for Trump if he were convicted

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    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Law firms become latest battleground in US diversity fight

      Anti-affirmative action crusader expands his sights after winning landmark case over college admissions

      Conservative activist Edward Blum walks down the steps of the US Supreme Court
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Future of work
      ‘Friday is just a dead day’: how a summer perk became a year-round staple

      More white-collar employees are clearing the decks at the end of the week after pandemic upended in-office work

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    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
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      Big US city downtowns ‘stuck’ behind smaller rivals in pandemic recovery

      Smartphone data and home prices help reveal a diverging urban geography since the onset of the pandemic

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    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      News in-depthUS race relations
      US students and colleges adapt to affirmative action ruling

      Applicants encouraged to focus on hardships they have overcome while colleges seek proxies for race in admissions

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    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
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      The Nimby tax on Britain and America

      Local objections and protracted reviews mean new infrastructure projects cost far more in the UK and US than elsewhere

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    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jemima Kelly
      The west is suffering from a crisis of courage

      Trump’s refusal to turn up to the Republican debate is one more sign that this virtue is no longer held to be important

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