United States
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Analysis of United States's policy signalling profile
The United States has been assessed with a WokeMeter score of 51, aligning it within the moderate-high intensity range for policy signalling. This score reflects the complex and diverse landscape of social policy in the U.S., where federal protections for LGBTQIA+ rights and high-profile female political leadership attempts contribute to higher signalling intensity. However, recent rollbacks in corporate DEI programs and mixed trends in educational policies, with some states restricting inclusive curriculums, moderate the overall score. This results in a composite score that is slightly above the average dimension score, indicating a nuanced balance between progressive policies and conservative pushbacks.
The dimension scores reveal varied signalling intensity across different areas. The United States scores highest in Legislative/Regulatory Activism (96.76), indicating a strong focus on legislative measures that signal Western-style progressive policies. Conversely, Institutional DEI Policy Intensity is notably low at 5.29, highlighting limited enforcement and variability at state levels. The Speech & Expression Climate has a high score of 84.99, reflecting robust expression freedoms. Corporate/Investor Signalling and Protest & Activism Salience are moderately high, suggesting significant engagement in these areas. Education & Curriculum Signalling and Media & Platform Moderation see lower scores, illustrating ongoing debates and challenges in implementing comprehensive policies across the nation.
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Recent Events
Events that influenced this country's score
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Gaza Aid Worker on His Way to Watch World Cup Killed by Israeli Strike
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Ukrainians Cautiously Welcome Trump’s Announcement About Patriot Missile Systems
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Final Stage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Begins After Delay
Thousands gathered for the procession in Mashhad for the supreme leader, who was killed in the first U.S.-Israeli attacks of the war. Hours earlier, the United States and Iran traded strikes.
Irish man gets 14 years’ jail for killing US tourist in Hungary
A court in Hungary on Thursday sentenced an Irish citizen to 14 years in prison for strangling an American tourist to death in the country’s capital in 2024. The victim, 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was in Hungary on holiday and reported missing on November 5, 2024, after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest. Police launched a missing person investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Michalski, who went by...
Former US Olympian pleads not guilty to damaging reflecting pool amid Trump’s renovation
David Hearn is accused of destroying ‘American flag blue’ lining material on the bottom of the reflecting pool David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to damaging Washington’s reflecting pool after a $14.7m renovation project. Hearn, a three-time US Olympian, was indicted last week on a single felony count of property destruction. He appeared in local superior court in Washington DC, to enter the plea after he was criminally charged over the incident in mid-June. Continue reading...
New York Times-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute
Why China is finally letting AI firms buy the Nvidia H200
For months, the United States and China have been locked in an unusual stand-off over cutting-edge chips – the building blocks of the artificial intelligence industry. In early 2026, Washington took the rare step of approving Nvidia’s H200 graphics processing unit for export to China, but Beijing has deliberately restricted Chinese firms from purchasing them as it pursues a tech self-sufficiency drive. Now, however, China’s stance is beginning to change, as the government plans to let selected...
US and Iran trade most intense strikes since ceasefire extended
At least 17 people killed in Iran in overnight attacks as Trump declares the agreement ‘over’ Middle East crisis live – latest updates The US and Iran traded strikes hours before the burial of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, with 17 people killed by US strikes while Tehran launched attacks against American bases in the region, straining an already shaky ceasefire. The tit-for-tat strikes were the largest since Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 17 June aimed at extending the ceasefire and giving space for negotiations for a permanent truce. Continue reading...
Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat
Officials say climate crisis ‘worsening our exposure’ to bacteria as at least 28 people sickened in Manhattan A New York outbreak of legionnaires’ disease, a rare but severe form of pneumonia, highlights the microbe’s growing and disproportionate impacts in a warming climate. At least 28 people have been sickened in an outbreak on the Upper East Side, a wealthy neighborhood between Central Park and the East River in Manhattan. Health department officials, seeking to stop the outbreak, have sampled water from nearly 160 building cooling towers to test for the bacteria. Continue reading...