Fifty years of data from the US suggests that consumer confidence is reflected in an administration’s performance in elections.

One Black Texas family’s Juneteenth memories show how food became a powerful expression of emancipation, self-determination and remembrance.

President Donald Trump has talked of a potential role for Syrian forces in fighting Hezbollah – a move that would raise alarm in Lebanon.

Journalism exists to describe the world as it is, not as the powerful would like. The Chinese regime apparently feels differently.