Legal and Political issues in the USA

The US Constitution, and the Supreme Court

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The US Constitution and the Supreme Court

• Article Bill of Rights /USA-Constitution · GitHub
• Article The Constitution of the United States /USA-Constitution · GitHub
• Article Why Do Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life? | Mental Floss

The Supreme Court - USA

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a collection of resources about The Supreme Court - USA

• Article It’s a Fact: Supreme Court Errors Aren’t Hard to Find
• Article Why Do Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life? | Mental Floss
• Article Bill of Rights /USA-Constitution · GitHub
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Legal system in the USA: the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts of Appeals

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Legal system in the USA: the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts of Appeals

• Article Why Do Supreme Court Justices Serve for Life? | Mental Floss
• Article A MAGA court in New Orleans is shaping the Supreme Court’s agenda 

The Dred Scott case - Race, Slavery and the Supreme Court - USA

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a collection of resources about The Dred Scott case - Race, Slavery and the Supreme Court - USA

• Video Sound Smart: Dred Scott Case | History
• Video The Dred Scott Case

USA, Trade, Protectionism and Political Division

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the USA, Trade, Protectionism and Political Division

• Article Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs - CNN
• Article Trade and Geopolitics; enter the investment police. America’s plan to vet investments into China
• Article Senate approves billions for US semiconductor manufacturing - The Verge
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Voting and Elections in the USA

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Voting and Elections in the USA

• Article Karl Popper on democracy - From the archives: the open society and its enemies revisited
• Article The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem - Opinion | The New York Times
• Podcast Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote || NPR
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Land Rights - Private and Public Land in the UK and USA

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a collection of articles, videos and podcasts about Land Rights - Private and Public Land in the USA

• Book This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas
• Podcast Right to Roam - Walking across Private Land || 99% Invisible

USA and Political Division

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A collection of articles and videos looking at the hyper- polarization (Left and Right) in US politics and culture

• Video The movement to shrink Oregon and expand Idaho
• Article What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?
• Video Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion
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USA history - Race, Racism, Slavery and Inequality

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USA history - Race, Racism, Slavery and Inequality

• Article How slaveholders in the Caribbean maintained control – Christer Petley | Aeon Ideas
• Article Teachers are using ‘Black Panther’ to discuss African colonialism and American racism – ThinkProgress
• Article Slavery’s legacies - Race relations
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USA - mass shootings, Gun Violence, Crime and Society

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a collection of articles and research about gun violence

• Article America’s latest school slaughter - The banality of mass murder | The Economist
• Article All Kinds of U.S. Communities Have Suffered Mass Shootings - CityLab
• Article What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer - The New York Times
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Race and Criminal Justice in the USA

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Race and Criminal Justice in the USA

• Article How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - Barack Obama
• Article The Intolerable Tensions Between American Cities and their Police Forces
• Article Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks
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Police Reform and Criminal Justice in the USA

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Police and Criminal Justice in the USA

• Article How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - Barack Obama
• Article Why Did Harvard University Go After One of Its Best Black Professors?
• Article The Intolerable Tensions Between American Cities and their Police Forces
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Politics, Democracy and Social Media

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Politics, Democracy and Social Media

• Article What Facebook Did to American Democracy
• Article TikTok stars receive White House briefing on Ukraine - The Washington Post
• Article George Soros: Facebook and Google a menace to society | Business | The Guardian
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Privatization of National Services

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Pros and cons of privatization

• Article If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it

History of Racial inequality in the USA

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History of Racial inequality in the USA

• Article She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression. Her Name Was Redoshi - The New York Times
• Article The Meaning of Juneteenth | Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Video The Dred Scott Case
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Elections and Facebook: Privacy, Security

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Elections and Facebook: Privacy, Security

• Article ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
• Article How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it
• Podcast Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters
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Elections and Social Media

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Elections and Social Media

• Article YouTube is littered with mass-produced videos made by automated bots | Hacker Noon
• Podcast Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters
• Article How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it
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Executive Orders - Presidential Power in the USA and Political Division

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Executive Orders - Presidential Power in the USA and Political Division

• Article What is the scope of a president’s executive orders? - The Economist explains
• Article Ctrl+Z - Joe Biden terminates much of Donald Trump’s legacy | United States | The Economist