Nicky Woolf

Nicky Woolf is reporting for the New Statesman from the US. He tweets @NickyWoolf.

International Politics

03 April 2013

The message from Barack Obama’s victory in the 2012 election was that Latino America holds the balance of power. But in Texas, it seems — despite Bush’s best efforts — that hasn’t yet sunk in to Republican minds.

International Politics

State of the Union: Obama seizes his second term by the horns

13 February 2013

Gun control was a clear priority in the President's speech.

Technology

Blackberry's famous, desperate last stand

30 January 2013

Blackberry-worshipper Nicky Woolf is begging RIM not to sound the death knell on the device he loves so much.

International Politics

The inauguration speech: Obama’s “come and have a go” moment

22 January 2013

Since December's school shooting in Connecticut, the President's voice has a new edge to it - a hardness, a determination, an aggression and a volume.

Sport

The response to Lance Armstrong's admissions is ghoulish

20 January 2013

If Americans are so invested in their sporting heroes that they are distraught when they turn out to be merely human then that's the nation's sickness, not just Armstrong's.

North America

Obama and Biden unveil bold and significant gun control reform proposals

17 January 2013

If they can get it through Congress, this would be a ban with teeth.

International Politics

In the wrangle over America's Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama holds all the cards

31 December 2012

There is no incentive for the Democrats to be conciliatory on the budget negotiations; nor, after the last few years of partisan bad feeling, will there be much inclination among them to do so.

International Politics

Obama must now make gun control his legacy

15 December 2012

Before the public outrage over the Connecticut shooting dissipates, the president must take a stand.

Sci-Tech

Elise Andrew: "There is a lot of pseudo-science and nonsense out there on the internet"

12 December 2012

The founder of the hugely popular "I Fucking Love Science" Facebook group talks to Nicky Woolf.

North America

The American people were mis-sold the General Petraeus scandal

22 November 2012

It wasn't about security. It was about sex.