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Students rally round Marlon Anderson as Madison Metropolitan School District indicates it will review zero-tolerance policyA high school security guard in Madison, Wisconsin, said he was fired after repeating a racial slur that was used against him. The news…

Previous markers by Tallahatchie river were vandalised1955 murder of black teen was key to civil rights movementA new memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated on Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized.The new marker…

The presidential hopeful and Mark Zuckerberg are facing off over big tech and its influence over our livesMore than two hours into the Democratic debate in Ohio on Tuesday night, after discussions on healthcare, gun control and foreign policy, the moderators…

Shares have risen fivefold in five years and despite the shadow over tech analysts bet Amazon is immune to a backlashRemember when Silicon Valley was a force for good? With their young bosses, origins in garages and revolutionary products, US tech companies…

Past crashes spawned new thinking and reform but nothing has changed since 2008 banking meltdown, says former Bank of England bossLarry Elliott: The global economy needs to change fastThe world is sleepwalking towards a fresh economic and financial crisis that…

Speaker’s visit is latest to highlight gaps between Trump administration and CongressNancy Pelosi has paid an unannounced visit to Jordan to discuss the fallout from Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from neighbouring Syria, where Turkey and…

Up to half of small businesses’ revenues come from big firms and those companies’ employees are also their customersBernie Sanders is right when he says that too many CEOs make too much money. Elizabeth Warren has a point when she says that the wealthiest…

Biden believes that centrism is the way to defeat Trump – but the numbers don’t necessarily bear that outAs Elizabeth Warren pulls ahead of the pack, commentators are beginning to ask if she is electable. Biden supporters have contended that a centrist…

World Porridge Day salutes the humble oat. Charities feed it to the starving due to our gluttonous policiesThe world has recently paid homage to the oat, stalwart comestible of Scotland’s larder. For the last decade, 10 October has been deemed World Porridge…

US president says media and Democrats forced him to scrap plan to award himself the opportunity to host summit Donald Trump has been forced into a humiliating climbdown over plans to host the G7 meeting at his own luxury resort following a political outcry.…

For working parents our careers tend to be busiest when our children yearn to have us around the most – we need to rethink the meaning of successI was at the park with my daughters some time ago when I fell into a conversation with a kind grandfather. He was…

Attorney general’s recent address at Notre Dame is a ‘dog whistle’ to conservatives who have aligned themselves with TrumpProminent liberal Catholics have warned the US attorney general’s devout Catholic faith poses a threat to the separation of church…

Matt Stoller’s look at ‘the 100-year war between monopoly and democracy’ is highly relevant to the primary raceWall Street is scared. Elizabeth Warren has surged to the front of the Democratic pack and some of the party’s biggest donors are threatening…

The half-real, half-fake impresario president was apparently the only one blind to disaster being heaped upon disasterRoger Ailes, the ogre-like head of Fox News who resigned following allegations of sexual harassment, had a favourite saying: “If you want a…

We need to hear how the frontrunners for the nomination would win a dirty election and we need focused debates – nowThe Democratic nominee in 2020 will be Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders. Everyone else is irrelevant. Related: Trump the predator…

The 1,000th day of a norm-busting presidency arrived this week. It was as chaotic and frightening as most of the restOn his 1,000th day as president, Barack Obama flew to North Carolina to launch a bus tour through smaller communities, selling a jobs act he…

Altuve’s ninth-inning homer off Chapman clinches pennantShort starts for both teams in Game 6 a playoff first since 1999Astros host Nationals in Game 1 of World Series on TuesdayJosé Altuve, the 5ft 6in driving force of Houston, delivered a swing that will…

Surveillance footage shows emotional moment when Keanon Lowe encountered student in Oregon cityA Portland, Oregon, school district has criticized the release of video footage that shows a high school football coach disarming a suicidal student, then hugging…

New York representative endorses presidential hopefulBhaskar Sunkara: If you like AOC you should like Bernie tooThe blue signs, “Bernie” shirts and chants of “We will win!” were back on Saturday afternoon as Bernie Sanders held his first rally since…

Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing Sanders on Saturday because they share a vision of working-class politics. And that’s more important than tribalismOn the face of it, it’s not so surprising. A longtime democratic socialist runs an inspiring campaign for office…

President faces new pressure after Senate majority leader – with key role in impeachment process – issues foreign policy rebukeAfter another tumultuous week in Washington, with the prospect of impeachment growing by the day, Donald Trump faced a stinging…

One might think the best color to describe Alabama would be red-brown, like its dirt, or loamy black like its best soil. Or white like its fences. Or any of the three, like its people. But blue is right. Blue skies, blue denim, blue faded scraps for quilts,…

2016 candidate implies 2020 hopeful ‘favorite of the Russians’Congresswoman fires back in extraordinary intra-party spatThe Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard fought back after Hillary Clinton appeared to call her “the favorite of the Russians”.…

The dangers of boxing are often justified by the direction it offers to many wayward youths. Boxing saves, but what about when it takes someone who doesn’t need saving?Two days before fight night, Patrick Day walked to the podium for the event’s final…

Announcement came as a surprise to city and police that will host and protect world leaders at US taxpayers’ expense It was billed as “far and away” the best venue when the acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney declared that Donald Trump had…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will announce today she’s backing Bernie Sanders, raising a host of questions for progressives – and Trump supportersVermont Senator Bernie Sanders has been flat in the presidential polls, has had to shake up his campaign…

NFL’s reigning MVP was injured in Thursday night’s winSources estimate Mahomes will return in ‘about a month’Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes escaped significant ligament damage when he dislocated his right kneecap and there is optimism the reigning…

Company said 33,000 bottles will be recalled amid lawsuits alleging they knew the baby powder was contaminatedJohnson & Johnson has voluntarily recalled a single batch of its baby powder after US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators found trace…

NBA legend has donated $7m toward Charlotte medical clinicsHornets owner is a longtime state resident and played at UNCAn emotional Michael Jordan unveiled the first of two medical clinics he and his family funded to provide care to underprivileged members of…

The ex-defence secretary is laughing off an insult hurled at him by the US president. Speaking at a New York charity event a day after Trump demeaned him as ‘the world’s most overrated general’, Mattis joked that he took it as a compliment. ‘I’m…