The culture wars

Obama’s “war on religion”

The president picks an unnecessary fight with the mighty Catholic church(48)

Rather than uniting behind Mitt Romney, the GOP may bicker all the way to Tampa(277)

Getting rid of Bashar Assad requires a united opposition, the creation of a safe haven and Western resolve(71)

Employment springs to life; will it fade again?(4)

Momentum is growing for an Israeli airstrike on Iran—with or without American support(51)

Can the rich save the American dream by preaching what they practise?(394)

The president's rhetoric of fairness deserves critical, even sceptical, scrutiny(230)

In the war in Afghanistan it is not always obvious which side Pakistan is on(3)

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Gay marriage
Equal protection indeed
A federal appeals court overturns California’s gay-marriage ban (3)
Segregation
The dream is getting closer
A report shows that America’s cities are steadily becoming more integrated (0)
Gang violence
Turf wars
Gang killings have less to do with drugs and crime than expected (6)
Chinese college students
Making ting tong cool
Chinese arrivals at American universities are changing stereotypes (208)
Health care in America
Shopping around for surgery
Companies try to make health-care costs transparent (108)
American coal
A burning issue
Tighter regulation, bountiful natural gas and declining installation costs for renewable energy herald the end of America’s coal era (14)