David Usborne



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Full name: David Usborne

Area of interest: US affairs, New York

Journals/Organisation: The Independent

Email: [mailto:d.usborne@independent.co.uk d.usborne@independent.co.uk]

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Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/david-usborne

Blog: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/davidusborne

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Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/dusborne | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/544/056



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Education: University of York

Career: The Independent: bureau chief, Brussels; Correspondent, Washington; Correspondent, New York Current position/role: US editor


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Controversy/Criticism: VenezuelAnalysis.com: The 'Independent' Stokes Up Fear Of Left 'Populism' In South America - 8th May 2006

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Column name: Our Man In New York

Remit/Info: US affairs, New York

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Role: US editor

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Email: [mailto:d.usborne@independent.co.uk d.usborne@independent.co.uk]

Website: http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/david-usborne

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Day published: Monday

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Articles:

 * Now the Uzi victim's children have offered forgiveness, America can forget - Moving on is the preferred response to gun tragedies in the US - 18th September 2014
 * Rick Perry could end up in jail for the rest of his life — so why does he look so smug? - His arrogance is outstanding, but it could also be justified - 23rd August 2014
 * Iraq strikes: Americans will be confused by latest turn - First strikes against the advancing jihadists in northern Iraq by the US got under way today just..... - 9th August 2014
 * To effect real change, Americans should exercise their right not to vote - A boycott gives both parties two years to ponder what went wrong - 7th August
 * A new wave of Latin Americans is invading Miami – and they're bringing in wealth - The city's population is now 65 per cent Hispanic, and business is booming - 31st July 2014
 * Obama must speak out – Americans are worried no one is listening to them - In these tricky days especially, he surely needs to drop the cool act - 24th July 2014
 * Why the birth control ruling might just deliver for the Democrats - With a crucial midterm looming, the Supreme Court's decision could energise liberals - 3rd July 2014
 * Obama's attack on press freedom is his most shameful reversal yet - The president has no-one to blame but himself for this broken promise - 18th June
 * Regulators no longer the masters as monopolies turn screw on innovation - Big corporations are crying foul over successful new businesses - and Congress is listening to them - 11th June
 * Where the fridges are more intelligent than some of the politicians - The record of Congress on climate change is abysmal - 5th June 2014
 * Rape, solitary confinement, and death: American prisons need reform - Barack Obama finally seems to be paying attention to the crisis that is afflicting American's incarcerated, but that has more to do with economics than heart - 8th May 2014
 * Enjoy the sushi and hot noodles while you can, Barack – the Chinese will remain cold - For two of the countries on his itinerary, the timing is especially poor - 24th April 2014
 * From Wild West to tame Upper Eastside – two different Americas - There is distrust, even hatred, out there for all federal government - 17th April 2014
 * The sorry state of the United States is not going to be fixed any time soon - Usborne in the USA: The US is 34th in access to water and sanitation in a global livability scale - 11th April 2014
 * How the Koch brothers, backed by the Supreme Court, threaten democracy - Fat cheques have more of an impact than quaint old newspapers - 3rd April 2014
 * The rite stuff: good times, self-discovery and lots of booze - the truth about Spring Break - 24th March 2014
 * Usborne in the USA: Barking Americans spend more on pets than Germans on defence - Theories abound as to why reason is going the way of used kitty-litter - 20th March 2014
 * Obama has chosen his side in the war Congress is waging on the errant CIA - For nearly five years now, the US Senate has been trying to establish what the agency was guilty of in the years after 9/11 - 13th March 2014
 * Another George Bush tipped for big things - The son of Jeb Bush is handsome, articulate and, most compellingly, he is half-Hispanic - 6th March 2014
 * Chuck Hagel’s incompetence will be welcomed by China and Russia - Hagel is calling for a leaner, more efficient American military - 27th February 2014
 * A new pandemic sweeps America - Obsessive Anti-Hillary Syndrome - Clinton hasn't even announced she's running and the cudgels are already out - 20th February 2014
 * Who are we to judge decisions on funeral arrangements made by the recently bereaved? - Grief can do strange things to your judgement and reason, but any decisions made by family and friends must respected - 18th February 2014
 * What's it going to be, Obama, a hard line, or the pipeline? - Keystone XL has become a test of Obama’s commitment to a green agenda - 6th February 2014
 * Alienated voters feel both parties are crossing the line - Usborne in the USA: Congress and the country are looking less and less like each other and the country is noticing - 23rd January 2014
 * You know Chris Christie is in trouble when New Jersey golden boy Bruce Springsteen joins in the stone-throwing - Usborne in the USA: Nevertheless, I hope the Governor survives this - 15th January
 * Colorado’s ‘pot shops’ might do more to stop the Mexican cartels than any law enforcement - This the first time to test the argument that legalisation will diminish violence in America’s immediate neighbour - 9th January 2014
 * Usborne in the USA: Raising the minimum wage is the easiest way to help workers - Tea Party purists equate the minimum wage with outright socialism - 5th December 2013
 * Eclipsed in death: We remember JFK, but what about Aldous Huxley, or CS Lewis? - Coincidental deaths can raise awkward questions - who gets top billing - 23rd November 2013
 * The best healthcare delivery system in the world? Are you off your rocker? - Usborne in the USA: The Republicans are on a hot streak thanks to Obamacare's false start - 21st November 2013
 * How the EU is thwarting states from continuing with capital punishment - Some states are trying to keep the show on the road with risky improvisation - 14th November 2013
 * Republicans face sinking support if they continue to resist gay marriage - The GOP’s opposition to same-sex unions has cracked open - 7th November 2013
 * Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ is not fulfilled by a first black President - King warned it would not be easy to “transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood” and he was right - 30th August 2013
 * mocks man who got what he wanted – his life back'' - View from America: It is a safe bet Tony Hayward will not be returning any time soon to Louisiana. Nor will the locals be urging him to change his mind - 28th July 2010
 * to be cheerful but the hard slog isn't over quite yet'' - Over pancakes and maple syrup, supporters of an overhaul of the entirely un-universal American healthcare system will be able to celebrate this morning - 24th December 2009
 * of the Year 2009: Obama's America'' - A great presidency? The jury's still out - 23rd December 2009
 * President knows China has the power to spoil his agenda'' - These foreign trips of Barack Obama are always such heady affairs. Thousands cram castle plazas in Prague or – even before his election – boulevards in Berlin. But China is proving quite a lot different. Rather than witnessing another love-fest, we are left to ask, who is more afraid of whom during this visit? - 17th November 2009



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