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A socialist became president of the USA? Richard Swift ponders a pipedream – or a possibility.

Governments are increasingly using surveillance and big data to track immigrants. Gaby del Valle reports from the US, where activists are trying to hold data-mining firm Palantir to account.

Ruben Andersson traces the roots of a Freudian fixation.

Cartoon on Trump by Marc Roberts.

Richard Swift writes of uber-hawk running regime change operations for the United States.

Report from the United States by Husna Rizvi.

The beast that won’t lie down and die – the ISDS ‘investor protection’ racket is still with us, in all but name.

Enter the ‘new protectionism’ – and Trump’s trade wars.

On the spectacle of John McCain’s funeral.

Mark Engler shows how Trump's migration policies are linked to the violent legacy of US foreign policy.

In cities such as New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, working people have been all but priced out, pushed into ever more distant fringes and suburbs. Mark Engler explores solutions.

Ten years ago the world focused on the US foreclosure crisis as thousands lost their homes in dodgy mortgage deals. Today, the crisis is still a reality for many. Jack Crosbie reports.

The people Trump has entrusted with significant responsibilities are so vile and dangerous that we should be grateful he has neglected to find many more, Mark Engler writes.

The boxer has become the butt of social media jokes, Alessio Perrone writes.

Mark Engler considers popular resistance to mass shootings and increasing healthcare costs in the US.

Report from The Americas by Alessio Perrone.

View from America by Mark Engler.

US singer-songwriter Nahko shares his experience of psychedelics, human trafficking and turning pain into positivity, with Graeme Green.

A year ago, Trump announced he had reached a deal with manufacturer Carrier to keep jobs from moving to Mexico – with $7 million in incentives. Yet hundreds of workers were still laid off, the last of them this January. Trump’s policy should be called ‘Corporate America First’, argues Mark Engler.

Noam Chomsky is a renowned linguist, the author of an abundance of books and arguably the most famous dissident intellectual in the United States. He talks to Andy Heintz about US exceptionalism, the best way to approach North Korea and the truth about ‘free trade agreements’.