Inside Story Americas

We look at the po­lit­i­cal fall­out af­ter the US hunt for Snow­den leads to the Bo­li­vian pres­i­dent’s plane be­ing di­vert­ed.

We ask what re­cent spy­ing rev­e­la­tions mean for democ­ra­cy in the Unit­ed States.

As a de­tainee ac­cus­es US mil­i­tary guards of sex­u­al as­sault, we ask if prison con­di­tions are de­te­ri­o­rat­ing even fur­ther.

We ask if the Re­pub­li­can-con­trolled state house in Texas has gone too far in its cam­paign against abor­tion.

As a court rules that crimes com­mit­ted by US cor­po­ra­tions abroad can­not be tried in the US, what are the im­pli­ca­tions?

Has the US Supreme Court’s new rul­ing un­der­mined a decades-old law aimed at pro­tect­ing Na­tive Amer­i­can fam­i­lies?

As the US Supreme Court has hand­ed down ma­jor civ­il rights rul­ings, we analyse the im­pact on equal­i­ty in the US.

As Oba­ma has out­lined his new cli­mate plan, we ask if he will he be able to ful­fill his promise of a green­er fu­ture.

As the US tries to de­tain the whistle­blow­er, we look at the diplo­mat­ic reper­cus­sions of track­ing down Ed­ward Snow­den.

We ex­am­ine the US-led ini­tia­tive that hopes to lift 50 mil­lion Africans out of pover­ty and hunger over the next decade.