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English beer for American dummies: A guide for expats and tourists

James Schaak loves American beer – he’s in for a bit of a shock when he sits down at his first English pub

The Independent UK · May 7, 2022

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 May 2022

This week unscalable barriers were erected around the United States Supreme Court to keep protesters at bay. It's now about as difficult to enter the highest court in America as it is to get a legal abortion in Missouri.

inkl Originals · May 7, 2022

Nostalgia: It's worse than it used to be

Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump promised to "make America great again", and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealising Britain's imperial past. While Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a "great rejuvenation of the Chinese people", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo…

Bangkok Post · May 6, 2022

F1 touches down in US for Miami GP despite undercurrent of controversy

F1 and Miami are such a natural fit, it’s a wonder organisers’ designs on American expansion didn’t start there. But not everyone is caught up in the revelry

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022

'Making abortion illegal poses a danger to women as they will turn to unsafe solutions'

Tanya Gold says that where abortion is forbidden, terrible things happen. In south America, raped pubescent girls die in childbirth. Abortion could become illegal in more than 20 US states

Daily Mirror · May 6, 2022

Life after Roe v. Wade, what impact will it have on American society?

In this edition, uproar in the United States after a leaked Supreme Court draft ruling shows the country is set to end 50 years of a woman's right to have an abortion. Annette Young also talks to writer Molly Jong-Fast about what life in America would look like without Roe…

France 24 · May 6, 2022

Emily Sheffield: Dark days ahead for American women if Joe Biden doesn’t step up on abortion

How many of you remember the explosive sexual assault allegations levelled against Justice Brett Kavanaugh by psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford, allegations he in turn vehemently denied? At the time America was gripped — as were we. It was 2018, MeToo was raging and Kavanaugh was Donald Trump’s ultra-conservative choice…

Evening Standard · May 6, 2022

America's love affair with the lawn is getting messy

For generations, the neat, green lawn has been a classic part of American yards

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

Writer Ocean Vuong: ‘Beauty is medicinal to me. It’s not useless’

The Vietnamese-American poet on the legacy of war, navigating grief — and turning invisibility into a superpower

Financial Times · May 6, 2022

Will Bunch: The Supreme Court leak confirmed that this is no longer the America we grew up in

When the news dropped around 9 p.m. on Monday, one woman said she’d stomped around her house, cussing. Another said she cried. Only 20 hours after the unprecedented leak of a looming Supreme Court decision to undo nearly a half-century of abortion rights, they and more than 100 other people,…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 6, 2022