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Francine Prose

Francine Prose

The Guardian

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Shrugging at calamity: America is reacting in strange ways to our chaotic times

Shrugging at calamity: America is reacting in strange ways to our chaotic times

In the early hours of Sunday, I awoke to check the time on my phone and learned that there had been a shooting – apparently, an assassination...

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Francine Prose

The detention of 5 year old Liam Ramon was horrific. What has America become?

02.02.2026 60

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Francine Prose

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover

26.01.2026 350

The Guardian

Francine Prose

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

04.12.2025 10

The Guardian

Francine Prose

Ben Jennings on Elon Musk at the Unite the Kingdom rally – cartoon

15.09.2025 10

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Francine Prose

Trump should be reassuring the country at this time. Instead he is sowing fear

15.09.2025 10

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Francine Prose

We shouldn’t focus on ‘how bad slavery was’ says Trump. What’s next?

23.08.2025 7

The Guardian

Francine Prose