Will Straw Articles

Reform’s proposals to scrap the current maternity and paternity rules would leave families worse off

For the last two years I have lived, studied, and worked in the United
States. I arrived in the country two years ago cynical about the state
of its politics. Although my columns for Progress got some of the minor
calls correct – like predicting that the extended Democratic primary
would help whoever faced John McCain, or that Sarah Palin was the dark horse candidate for Republican VP – I was wrong to think that Hillary Clinton could actually win the nomination after Super Tuesday or that John McCain would give Obama a run for his money in the general election. I got those predictions wrong because I
profoundly misunderstood a critical aspect of America’s collective DNA:
its ability to reinvent itself, realise its errors, and move on.

Washington, D.C. is the home to ambitious politicos, world class
museums, and since 1995 La Barra Brava (“the brave fans”), the
independent fan club of Major League Soccer team, D.C. United.

Claims that President Obama will not last beyond his first term are hysterical and hasty, says Will Straw