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Lyndon Johnson Articles

The return of the ‘cruel and unusual punishment’

On 3 July 1976, just over 37 years ago, the US Supreme Court gave judgement in Gregg v Georgia 428 US 153 (1976). The ruling reinstated capital punishment in the United States. Four years earlier, in Furman v Georgia 408 US 238 (1972), capital punishment had been...

The left’s annus horribilis

Defeat for the Democrats brings yet more sobering lessons for progressives towards the end of 2011, a tumultuous year for the left to which the financial crisis has brought more difficult questions than easy answers.

The left’s annus horribilis

Dec 1, 2010 | Articles, Editorial, Section: Progress Magazine

To the grim roll-call of electoral defeats for centre-left parties this year, another must now be added. The...

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