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Early on in my writing courses, I ask students to define their sense of rhetoric. Responses range from “persuasion” to “manipulation,” but they tend to share a negative connotation. Little wonder: In America today, the word is often used to dismiss a political opponent. Whereas a Democrat may find a…

More than one in four Americans now say it's the number one threat to public health.

Recurring struggles over the borrowing limit undermine the status of the US as an economic superpower.

Country music has become the fastest growing genre in the UK, according to recent figures. Now Beyoncé is having a go

FBI and lawmakers concerned that Chinese government may have access to Americans’ data

The bill, Reparations NOW, calls for $14 trillion to Black Americans as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow.

The Writers Guild of America is on strike over the cut their members receive from streaming profits

Wall Street and the ASX have bounced upwards as US President Joe Biden reassures his citizens that "America will not default". Meanwhile, jobs data is out in Australia.