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Netanyahu’s naked self-interest
In service of his political survival, the Israeli leader has restarted a war, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Now he wants the intelligence chief and attorney general fired
Alona Ferber
The weekly constitutional
We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and if we do not
DAT Green
Agriculture
Farming across the divide
Julian Baggini
A good death
Are GPs neutral or not? The royal college’s controversial switch on assisted dying 
Mark Mardell
Politics
Richard Titmuss and Labour’s attachment to welfare
Philip Collins
Politics
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Welfare State
The devastating reality of disability benefit cuts
The government must face the consequences of taking support from the poorest, and try to find a better way
Tom Clark
Antisemitism
Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
Alona Ferber
The Insider
Canada’s crisis
Andrew Adonis
People
Mehdi Hasan: The biggest victims of cancel culture are pro-Palestinian
Ben Clark
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Randall Kennedy writes of America’s self-destruction, Michael Ignatieff predicts a new world order and voices from illiberal states reflect on resisting autocrats. Plus, we examine British defence and the future of the media.

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Trump may bring about America’s destruction

Donald Trump and his cronies are smashing up democratic norms, government institutions and the postwar international order. There are no signs yet that anyone will stop them

Randall Kennedy
As America retreats, Europe must step up
Michael Ignatieff
AI is the media’s chance to reinvent itself
David Caswell, Mary Fitzgerald
Britain’s aircraft carriers: a national embarrassment?
Stuart McGurk
Han Kang versus the Korean establishment
Fiammetta Rocco
My therapist is retiring—how am I supposed to cope?
Sarah Collins
Katherine Ryan: I’m the antithesis of Margaret Thatcher
Graeme Green
Popular stories
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Donald Trump is surely not a Russian asset. But how else to explain his behaviour?
Alan Rusbridger
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Richard Osman: ‘Maybe I’ll do a terribly ambitious and disappointing literary novel’
Graeme Green
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My best clients are married men
Tilly Lawless
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Trump, meet Ben Folds
Laura Barton
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Trump may bring about America’s destruction
Randall Kennedy
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Sex life: In defence of Anora
Tilly Lawless
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More women leaders would solve our autocracy problem
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I loved dancing barefoot around a cauldron with my neighbours
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I must be the only person in the world trying to spend more time on TikTok
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My therapist is retiring—how am I supposed to cope?
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MIDDLE EAST
Netanyahu’s naked self-interest
Alona Ferber
AGRICULTURE
Farming across the divide
Julian Baggini
POLITICS
Richard Titmuss and Labour’s attachment to welfare
Philip Collins
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAL
We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and if we do not
DAT Green
A GOOD DEATH
How green burials became the eco-friendly way to die
Fin Carter
WELFARE STATE
The devastating reality of disability benefit cuts
Tom Clark
THE INSIDER
Canada’s crisis
Andrew Adonis
ANTISEMITISM
Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
Alona Ferber
A GOOD DEATH
Are GPs neutral or not? The royal college’s controversial switch on assisted dying 
Mark Mardell
PEOPLE
Mehdi Hasan: The biggest victims of cancel culture are pro-Palestinian
Ben Clark
World
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The Insider
Canada’s crisis
Canada’s new prime minister has a rocky road ahead. What happens next?
Andrew Adonis
Syria
Syria’s next chapter
Khaled Mansour
France
Trump’s turn against Europe is Macron’s opportunity
Olly Haynes
Democracy
Argentina reminds us that technofascism is a fraud
Luciana Peker
Podcasts
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John Sawers: ‘The deep state is what keeps us stable’
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Big oil and the real story of Kyoto
MARCH 17, 2025
Q&A: Has journalism become a commodity?
MARCH 14, 2025
Prospect Lives: My best sex work clients are married men
MARCH 13, 2025
Ash Sarkar: ‘Media is politics by other means’
MARCH 12, 2025
Donald Trump and the new world order
MARCH 11, 2025
Q&A: What’s the difference between dead cats and real cats?
MARCH 06, 2025
Prospect Lives: Stop telling me to ‘take it easy’ at 91!
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How do you solve a problem like gen Z?
MARCH 05, 2025
Keon West: Science, racism and alternative facts
Culture
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Culture
The book publisher prepping for Trump censorship
Indie publisher Melville House is racing to preserve history, before the US government buries the evidence
Imaan Irfan
Culture
Severance and the art of the mystery reveal
Imogen West-Knights
Culture
‘The Leopard’ is beautifully complicated
Maria Viola Albano
Culture
England’s national poet?
Jeremy Noel-Tod
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Ideas
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A good death
How green burials became the eco-friendly way to die
A growing trend for green funerals places the natural world at the heart of the postmortem process
Fin Carter
Media
AI is the media’s chance to reinvent itself
David Caswell, Mary Fitzgerald
From the magazine
Media
Irrelevant and unloved: how the press lost its touch
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
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Politics
Maurice Glasman and the origins of Blue Labour
Philip Collins
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Views
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Language
Chronically single? Sologamy could be the answer
Ever since Carrie Bradshaw married herself in ‘Sex and the City’, sologamy has garnered a long list of devotees. But self-love doesn’t always end in marital bliss
Sarah Ogilvie
People
Richard Osman: ‘Maybe I’ll do a terribly ambitious and disappointing literary novel’
Graeme Green
Brief Encounter
Ash Sarkar: ‘The entire establishment colluded to take Corbyn’s head off’
Prospect Team
From the magazine
Westminster
Rupa Huq’s diary: Bangladesh’s revolution, and why I voted against assisted dying
Rupa Huq
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Can the Online Safety Act live up to expectations?
At a recent roundtable event, policymakers and experts discussed what the legislation means for digital safety
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Public Health gets personal: The case for an AI-driven personalised prevention platform
Samantha Field
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Announcing the winner of the Bennett Public Policy Prize 2024
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To grow the north, first we must connect the north
Jon Bernstein
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