Totem moments like this week’s Derek Chauvin verdict can give a false sense of progress against racism but what is required is constant vigilance and a widespread change in mindset

If the Biden administration’s proposals on global tax come to pass, our economy is unlikely to emerge unscathed over the long term, with corporate tax reform potentially costing Ireland billions each year

The early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were dominated by loudmouths, incompetents and populists. Then the serious people took over

Joe Biden is implementing a radical agenda to fund his public expenditure programme, but what will it mean for our corporation tax yields?

Matt Gaetz, the Florida Congressman and a rising star in the Republican Party, is embroiled in a sex-trafficking scandal that threatens to consume his career

With no votes and no senators, Washington, DC’s non-state status has long been an issue for its 712,000 permanent residents

From climate change to gun control, and the increasing numbers gathering on the country’s border, US president Joe Biden has a daunting list of issues to tackle

School admission rules still favour the ‘old Irish’ but with growing populations in urban areas, politicians will have to find new policies to level the playing field. They could start by looking at what happened in Boston almost 50 years ago

The US election last November delivered an electoral earthquake in Georgia whose white Republican senators were ousted in favour of two Democrats – a Jewish journalist and a black preacher. But Georgia also sent QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress, a woman who sees herself as Maga’s Joan of Arc

Republicans will find it hard to oppose policies that are putting money back into people’s purses and tackling the pandemic, while Democrats dare to dream of an era of reform

Hailed as a hero last year for his initial handling of the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo is now fighting for his political life in the face of a sexual harassment scandal and allegations of coronavirus death tolls being manipulated

The $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package has endured a difficult path through the US Senate in recent days

A recent tweet showing Yang confusing a convenience store with a bodega – one of NYC’s beloved corner shops – led to a deluge of social media scorn, but his campaign is going strong

The extreme snowstorms ravaging Texas and failure of the state’s electricity supply are a reminder that the fossil fuel era is on borrowed time

Using a crisis that includes an imploding power grid and a brutal snow storm as a reason to embark on a five-star holiday is not one of the optional responses outlined in any political manual, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz found out last week

The speed at which Biden has dropped his bipartisan approach in order to get the Democrats’ recovery plan approved has taken political observers by surprise

Democrats view the second impeachment of the former US president as a way to ensure that Donald Trump will never again have the chance to hold a public position, while Republicans see an opportunity to divert attention away from the new administration

Dan Morain’s biography of the US vice-president is well-observed and diligent, but frustratingly lacking in inside detail

A new model of corporate governance that depends on human, board-level judgement is clearly needed

Donald Trump’s true legacy as US president is the destructive conspiracy theory. We can’t afford to let the same thing happen in this country