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Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote

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Moira Donegan

Messy, combative and intoxicatingly fierce – don’t write off Your Party just yet

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Andy Beckett

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began

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Yasmin Khan

Bruce Lehrmann an ‘inspiration’? Only to litigants whose cases have crashed and burned

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Richard Ackland

Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever

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Martin Kettle

What do you give the prime minister who has everything?

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The Opposition Has Some Ideas

Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines

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Georgia Van Toorn

Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed

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Emma Brockes

I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

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Wes Streeting

Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter

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Jonathan Swarbrick

Kids’ parties are hell on earth, but may be the cure to the world’s ills

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Emily Mulligan

Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America

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Francine Prose

I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy

I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy

Pardon me that this is a little personal. I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks...

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Gideon Haigh

There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size

There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size

Australia’s economy grew 2.1% over the past year, and with that came improved household living standards – in part due to income from rooftop solar...

yesterday 10

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Greg Jericho

The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation

The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation

Donald Trump’s desire to end the war in Ukraine might be sincere, but his motives are selfish. He wants the glory of having brokered a deal and...

yesterday 8

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Editorial

The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis

The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis

Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal...

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Editorial

Jobs for the boys!? Everyone hates jobs for the boys (except the boys)

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A Mystery For The Ages

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords’ filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords’ filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered

Three years ago, I sat in a hotel in Zurich, awaiting my flight home, wondering how I was going to get through the next few weeks and months....

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Dave Sowry

Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Hollywood has stopped betting on original ideas. Sequels and remakes dominate the box office. Among this year’s Christmas movie releases are...

yesterday 10

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Rafael Behr

Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

Have you heard that a family of four in the US is now considered poor if their household income is under $136,500 (£103,300) a year? Don’t @ me...

yesterday 10

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Arwa Mahdawi

Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition

Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition

The sharks can smell blood in the water. After a decade in eerie command of the Republican party, with primary voters in his cult-like thrall and...

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Moira Donegan

The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures

The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures

How do we get sexual predators out of the country’s police forces? It was one of the most urgent questions asked in 2021 when a serving police...

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Joan Smith

Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions

Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions

After two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump...

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Mohamad Bazzi

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

I had this thing on the back of my shoulder, which a dermatologist at an NHS hospital looked at. He was brisk, verging on brusque. He said it was...

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Adrian Chiles

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by?

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by?

The right always does unity and solidarity better than the left. While real difference exists between liberals and social conservatives, or between...

yesterday 6

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Neal Lawson

It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

The wall of sound shouting “liar” at the chancellor is a bizarre Westminster frenzy. Stand back from the hysteria and ask this question: how can...

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Polly Toynbee

Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

Maybe 10 years ago, I bought permanent Advent calendars for the kids: Scandi-looking Christmas houses with 24 tiny drawers, from Sainsbury’s. I...

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Zoe Williams

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

Artificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. It will bring unimaginable changes to our economy, our politics, warfare, our...

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Bernie Sanders

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart

Britain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home...

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Nadine White

The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador

The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador

I think people assumed I was doing a bit when I turned into a Metro Tunnel-head. Overnight, my Instagram Stories went from pictures of my cat, pub...

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Brodie Lancaster

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

The charge is a grave one: that Rachel Reeves has just lied to Britons, spooking them into paying billions in extra taxes that she can splash out...

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Aditya Chakrabortty

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

Time is running out to right the wrongs of England and Wales’s assisted dying legislation. The House of Lords is holding committee sittings, which...

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Gordon Brown

How does anyone get on a government board these days?

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It Helps To Have Friends In High Places

Ella Baron on Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules – cartoon

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Betsy Reed

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

I’m not some sort of secret Reform voter, OK? As a Brit (albeit a Brit abroad), I’ve got no problem with rich immigrants coming to the UK and...

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Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

The abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer in 2021 caused an outpouring of grief, fear and rage. The reaction was...

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Betsy Reed

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

The new “mansion tax” announced by Rachel Reeves in last week’s budget is estimated to affect around 165,000 property owners, and on current trends...

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Jonathan Liew

At this dark and turbulent moment, a newsroom’s values matter – and ours are clear

At this dark and turbulent moment, a newsroom’s values matter – and ours are clear

This year has been like no other I can remember. I don’t know exactly how we’ll move past this turbulent moment in US history. But I believe that...

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Betsy Reed

Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

Good times for Britain when the chancellor is saved by the Office for Budget Responsibility being slightly more inept than her at a single...

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Marina Hyde

The White House’s new media ‘bias’ tracker is a desperate gimmick

The White House’s new media ‘bias’ tracker is a desperate gimmick

Donald Trump has used the mainstream press as a punching bag for many years, but in recent weeks his jabs have become even more frequent – and more...

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Margaret Sullivan

The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it’s wrong to remove a pillar of British justice

The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it’s wrong to remove a pillar of British justice

Can Labour save a failing system by hollowing out its safeguards? David Lammy, the justice secretary, thinks so. Under his proposals, jury trials...

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Betsy Reed

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to

Some time ago, a judicious and considered surgeon was describing the complex operation required by our mutual cancer patient. The operation...

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Ranjana Srivastava

John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump?

John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump?

Throughout his two decades as chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts has sought to project the notion that he is the ultimate...

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Steven Greenhouse

‘Jobs for mates’ review is damning – and the government’s response is a failure of the highest order

‘Jobs for mates’ review is damning – and the government’s response is a failure of the highest order

For years, governments of both persuasion have made appointments to senior public positions with absolute disregard for integrity, transparency and...

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Anthony Whealy

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions

How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills...

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George Monbiot

The US love of football is reaching new levels. Just look at Arsenal super-fan Zohran Mamdani

The US love of football is reaching new levels. Just look at Arsenal super-fan Zohran Mamdani

When Zohran Mamdani made an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show last week, the newly elected mayor of New York was expecting the typical nimble...

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Bryan Armen Graham

I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me

I’m a Guardian journalist who has covered Victoria police’s new search powers. On Sunday, police searched me

Last week I produced a video for Guardian Australia on expanded Victoria police search powers in the Melbourne CBD. Days later, I experienced that...

monday 10

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Lisa Favazzo

Gay ‘conversion therapy’ should be consigned to history. In the US, it could make a comeback

Gay ‘conversion therapy’ should be consigned to history. In the US, it could make a comeback

Homosexuality is an illness that therapists can and should cure: that’s the rationale for “conversion therapy”, a practice promoted as a way to...

monday 8

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David Kirp

Tired of being a woman in 2025? Why not become a nun …

Tired of being a woman in 2025? Why not become a nun …

Nuns are everywhere – we’ve had Isabella Rossellini’s Sister Agnes stealing the show in Conclave and nuns with main character energy in The...

monday 6

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Emma Beddington

I needed new bras but what really lifted me up was a moment of connection with my bra fitter

I needed new bras but what really lifted me up was a moment of connection with my bra fitter

On a work trip to Melbourne, I detoured into the city to get fitted for a bra. A friend had shared that it was an experience all women should have...

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Jodi Wilson