California’s gubernatorial election grows in intensity and unpredictability every day. The political landscape in one of the wealthiest and most politically influential states in the US  seems to be constantly shifting, and this race has been no exception. In fact, it perfectly reflects California’s distinctively eclectic, trend-bucking politics. It's worth remembering that California's own electoral system contributes to this dynamic. Since 2010, the state has used the Top-T

Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom, the frontrunner to be the next President of the United States , can do many things other politicians can’t. He can wear denim jeans and apply copious amounts of hair gel without looking like a fool, for example. What he doesn’t do, however, is break any moulds in the sense that he doesn’t add another ‘ism’ to American political vernacular. Though this article's headline refers to ‘Newsom(ism)’, those brackets are important becau

James Talarico calls his healthcare plan “Medicare for Y’all”. Four words that tell you everything about how he just won the Democratic Senate primary in Texas – his party hasn't won statewide here since 1994. Whilst his opponent campaigned against Trump, Talarico, the seminarian state legislator and former public school teacher, ran for something: popular progressive policies rebranded to the voters he will need to win over. Whether he manages that in November is another que

When asked about his thoughts  on JFK’s assassination, Malcolm X responded with the phrase “the chickens come home to roost.” Malcolm, writing during America’s imperialist scramble over the newly decolonized nations, criticized the belief that America could impart political violence abroad without expecting any consequences closer to home. American naivete, if not outright arrogance, has led to the perpetuation of Western imperialism to our day. Consistently, America undermin

Like Barbie, Trump has a great day every day. And who wouldn’t?! Waking up in his golden Dreamhouse (ballrooms sold separately), Trump gets to decide his truth, the truth, on any given matter at any given time! In Trump Land anything can happen!  The latest from Trump Land is that the American economy has never ever been better! Kicking off the battle for the 2026 midterm elections at a rally in north-east Pennsylvania – his first in five months – Trump united the crowd behin

With one fell swing, Donald Trump has ideologically axed the American political establishment. The recent government shutdown in the United States bigly highlighted the growing fracture in our political system, whether through attacks on SNAP benefits or simply flight safety. Although the shutdown has ceased, its effects are certainly to be felt by Americans  going into the holiday season. We are at a crucial juncture in the United States’ national story. Populism has surged

Newly elected leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanksi, has taken British politics by storm. The self-proclaimed ‘eco-populist’ has resurrected the Green Party’s reputation amongst voters and driven the Greens’ takeover of the Conservatives as the third largest political party in the UK. And it’s not only membership that has spiked; broadcast coverage  of the Greens has increased by 44% since early September. With the party currently holding just four seats in the House of Co

The public murder of Charlie Kirk rattled the American political establishment , and was met with a variety of responses from its pundits, journalists, and elected officials. For many in the Republican Party and on the right of American politics more broadly, Kirk’s death was the pretence required to pursue an official clampdown  on freedom of speech, as opposed to the less systematic, yet no less brazen , attacks the White House had been carrying out up to that point. Citize

I do not condone political violence of the kind that ended Charlie Kirk’s life, for both moral and strategic reasons, and my sympathies...

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From Taylor Swift to Charli XCX, Kamala Harris had her pick of celebrity endorsements. In fact, leading up to the election, there was...