By Bernd Debusmann In the most bizarre U.S. election campaign in generations, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have taken pole position in the race to become the presidential candidates of their parties. Trump easily won the Republican primary in South Carolina on...
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has greatly raised the stakes in the presidential and congressional elections. Justice Antonin Scalia’s chair draped in black, Washington, DC, 16 February 2016(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) How will the death of...
By Emefa Agawu “I cannot believe you’re calling during the Super Bowl half-time show!” I could hear the voice on the other end of the phone falter for a moment before a broad smile stretched across Kathy’s face. She chuckled and then said good-naturedly into the...
U.S. Supreme Court rulings can have a sweeping impact on business, society and politics. Here’s a primer. The U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, 14 February 2016.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) This article is part of a News-Decoder series of...
Obama, Bush, Clinton, Palin — Deborah Charles covered them all. Here’s what it was like for a woman on the campaign bus. What word best describes Barack Obama? Hillary Clinton? George W. Bush? Deborah Charles covered four U.S. presidential campaigns, and...
By Charlotte Crang The recent deaths of entertainment icons David Bowie, Joe Cocker and Alan Rickman cast a new spotlight on the battle between medical science and cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. The World Health Organization says 8.2 million...
Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during three decades covering the White House. But there’s no predicting who will succeed U.S. President Obama. “All bets are off this year.” Gene Gibbons saw lots of politics during his three decades covering the...
Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton — Gene Gibbons watched six presidents from one of the venerable vantage points of U.S. journalism. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton — Gene Gibbons surveyed six presidents from one of the...
By Celia Bottger The end of 2015 saw a successful conclusion to the Paris Climate Change Conference. Six weeks later, clouds are already on the horizon. Nearly 200 countries sketched a path in Paris towards global carbon reductions, offering a glimmer of hope that the...
By Christopher Alexander Gellert When primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire trudge through the snow next month to select their nominee, some will vote for the candidate they support. Others will vote for the candidate they believe can win. For many Democrats, any...