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An uncomfortable truth for our leaders: there’s a limit to how ‘human’ we want you to be

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Gaby Hinsliff

The shameful attacks on the Covid inquiry prove it: the right is lost in anti-science delusion

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Polly Toynbee

I went to an M&S opening and it was mobbed. Why are people so weird about shops?

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Zoe Williams

My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late

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Timothy Garton Ash

Australia doesn’t need another migration ‘debate’. We need leaders brave enough to tackle inequality for all

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Giridharan Sivaraman

Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics?

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Dustin Guastella

Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out

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Lamorna Ash

What can we learn from RFK’s ‘erotic poetry’? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal

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Marina Hyde

The Comey and James dismissals are a reminder of Trump’s lawlessness

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Austin Sarat

Does methylene blue really have wellness benefits or will it just leave you with the blues?

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Donna Lu

JD Vance might want to run in 2028 – but does he have a Palantir-shaped problem?

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Arwa Mahdawi

The majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite?

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Peter Kellner

The US ‘war on terror’ has killed millions. Now Trump is bringing it to Venezuela

The US ‘war on terror’ has killed millions. Now Trump is bringing it to Venezuela

For the last two months, US forces have amassed outside Venezuela and carried out a series of lethal strikes on civilian boats. The Trump White...

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Daniel Mendiola

Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way

Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way

The 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended. Stakeholders are out in the...

yesterday 20

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Genevieve Guenther

Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity

Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity

First it was mechanisation threatening our jobs, then AI and now this: the Great Feminisation is taking over the workplace. Well, that’s according...

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Finn Mackay

Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

Europe’s leaders cannot stop talking about democracy. President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to kickstart a democratic “resurgence”, and Friedrich...

yesterday 10

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Shada Islam

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive

Over the past couple of weeks, Shabana Mahmood has launched not only her new asylum crackdown policy, but also her “story”. The two are...

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Nesrine Malik

I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations

I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations

When I see the allegations of racism against Nigel Farage from his schooldays, I can’t say I am greatly surprised. There are those who believe that...

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Musa Okwonga

How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion?

How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion?

With another set of global climate talks behind us, the Australian government faces some tricky tasks before it takes over negotiations at the next...

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Bill Hare

The Guardian view on a viable peace framework for Ukraine: with Europe’s help, Zelenskyy can have better cards

The Guardian view on a viable peace framework for Ukraine: with Europe’s help, Zelenskyy can have better cards

There was a grim familiarity to the unveiling of Donald Trump’s latest peace proposals for Ukraine last week. As in August, when the US president...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left

The Guardian view on UN climate talks: they reveal how little time is left

This year’s UN climate talks in Brazil’s Belém ended without a major breakthrough. The text of the final agreement lacked a deal to shift away from...

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Editorial

It was my late mother’s birthday – and I spent it exactly as she would have wanted

It was my late mother’s birthday – and I spent it exactly as she would have wanted

It would have been my late mother’s birthday last Monday, and because I am either astronomically stupid or fathomlessly wise, I elected to spend it...

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Zoe Williams

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine

The US president, Donald Trump, has said “something good just may be happening” at the talks in Switzerland intended to end the war in Ukraine....

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Rajan Menon

Sure, people tell you about sleepless nights. But why does no one mention the hell that is a parent WhatsApp group?

Sure, people tell you about sleepless nights. But why does no one mention the hell that is a parent WhatsApp group?

When I was little, I thought hell was a fiery pit beneath the Earth’s surface. The image was vivid: flames, tortured souls and a cartoonish devil...

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Sean Szeps

Why did young men move left in this month’s US elections?

Why did young men move left in this month’s US elections?

Just a few months ago, it seemed that the political landscape was changing permanently, with young people shifting right – especially young men....

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Cory Alpert

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity

The Cop30 climate conference has finally come to an end, with Australia having lost out on the grand prize of hosting next year’s gathering. But...

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Thom Woodroofe And Dean Bialek

Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem?

Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem?

A men’s jumper by the all-American preppy label J Crew has sent thousands of Maga Americans into meltdown. From a fashion point of view, it...

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Ellie Violet Bramley

Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess

Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess

Being a bad friend is presumably like being a narcissist – wondering whether you are one probably means that you’re not. However, a writer for the...

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Polly Hudson

Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide

Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide

Democracy is colliding with the technologies of artificial intelligence. Judging from the audience reaction at the recent World Forum on Democracy...

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Nathan E Sanders And Bruce Schneier

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

The supreme court can’t do it – it’s packed with conservatives who owe him their jobs. Congress won’t do it – Republicans slavishly follow...

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Simon Tisdall

Pub quiz cheating may not be a matter of life and death - but it can feel that way

Pub quiz cheating may not be a matter of life and death - but it can feel that way

You probably saw the recent story about a publican who grew suspicious of a team that won his pub quiz every week. He and his staff set about...

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Janice Hallett

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent

In October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an...

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Serena Mayeri And Amanda Shanor

Homesickness is a form of loss which may never grant closure. But a heart in two places can still find joy

Homesickness is a form of loss which may never grant closure. But a heart in two places can still find joy

“I don’t have the words to describe it properly, I just feel I’m in the wrong place and I don’t want to be here.” For the past few years,...

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Gaynor Parkin

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing

Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate...

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John Harris

We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight

We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight

Sweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the...

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Ed Miliband

The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health

The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health

Science is a slaughterhouse. We rarely acknowledge the degree to which animal life underwrites the research that provides us with medicines, or...

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Ed Miliband

The Guardian view on the young person’s benefit trap: Rachel Reeves must fix this flaw in the budget

The Guardian view on the young person’s benefit trap: Rachel Reeves must fix this flaw in the budget

Consider being a young homeless person on benefits today. Those aged 16-24 who can’t live at home often end up in supported housing. This could be...

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Ed Miliband

Whaa? Five theories to explain the Donald-Zohran meet-cute

Whaa? Five theories to explain the Donald-Zohran meet-cute

Zohran and Donald. Donald and Zohran. Not since Turner met Hooch has a couple so captivated the American psyche. This might be the meet-cute of the...

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Dave Schilling

Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?

Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?

I don’t know what, if anything, keeps Ghislaine Maxwell up at night. But it’s certainly not the prospect of running out of toilet paper in the...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin

For a moment, Donald Trump seemed to have seen the light on Ukraine. After promising “severe consequences” in August if Vladimir Putin continued to...

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Kenneth Roth

My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

A very specific childhood experience arose from being a “weird-lunchbox kid” growing up in the 90s with a food-conscious mother. It was the sense...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

In the midterms, Republicans will be footing the bill for Trump’s policies

In the midterms, Republicans will be footing the bill for Trump’s policies

The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and...

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Sidney Blumenthal

Sam Lau on home interior tips for domestic bliss – cartoon

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Kenneth Roth

The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it

The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it

We have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper...

saturday 20

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Pat Younge

Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

It’s easy to see the sudden rush to female leaders of Liberal parties around Australia as a desperation strategy – a kind of “let’s try this,...

saturday 2

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Anne Davies

Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

So, who figured that Pope Leo XIV would end up being kind of cool? Not me. Although as a lapsed Catholic I had little stake in the conclave race, I...

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Jason Okundaye

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark

After more than 100 years, Copenhagen no longer has a Social Democrat mayor. Sisse Marie Welling, the new lord mayor, represents neither the...

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Cas Mudde

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics

The Liberal-National Coalition, a political “party” that has almost no chance of assuming office before the 2030s, is being allowed to set the...

saturday 2

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Julianne Schultz

The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from

The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from

As a newish mother, I am only too aware of the myriad ways we have failed our children. And then I came across a new skincare company aimed at...

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Morwenna Ferrier

Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment

Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment

Xania Monet is the latest digital nightmare to emerge from a hellscape of AI content production. No wonder she’s popular … but how long will it...

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Van Badham