Chris McGreal follows in the path of the Joads, John Steinbeck’s fictional family in the Grapes of Wrath who fled Oklahoma for California.
Teenage pregnancies and syphilis have risen sharply among the generation of American schoolgirls who were urged to avoid sex before marriage
A US millionaire’s charity is building Jewish homes in the most sensitive Palestinian territory. Chris McGreal reports.
US supreme court nominee’s past comments catch up with her, writes Chris McGreal.
Chris McGreal speaks to Americans about Barack Obama’s first 100 days as president .
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/ 28 February 2009
A new Guardian film, smuggled out of the country, reveals what Zimbabwe’s autocratic leader does not want seen.
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/ 17 January 2009
Israel is facing growing demands from senior United Nations officials and human rights groups for an international war crimes investigation in Gaza.
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/ 10 January 2009
The bombing, shelling and shooting will stop one day. The electricity and water will be restored.
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/ 20 December 2008
Robert Mugabe told his Zanu-PF party on Friday that his country was facing a war with Britain but he would never surrender, and ”Zimbabwe is mine”.
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/ 18 December 2008
Health workers in Zimbabwe are warning that international alarm over the spreading cholera emergency is overshadowing the Aids crisis.