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Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
From the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to the targeting of trans people, his administration is no friend of women, Jews or the vulnerable
Alona Ferber
People
Mehdi Hasan: The biggest victims of cancel culture are pro-Palestinian
Ben Clark
Culture
The very soil of moviemaking
Sukhdev Sandhu
A good death
What people don’t know about Parkinson’s
Mark Mardell
Painting
One painting at a time: ‘Summer Stage’ by Marianne von Werefkin
Constance Higgins
Politics
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Free Speech
Trump and Vance have revealed their hypocrisy when it comes to free speech
The shocking treatment of Palestinian protesters shows a double standard around freedom of expression in the US
Alan Rusbridger
Labour Party
Sticking plaster politics and the sticky realities of the housing crisis
Tom Clark
The weekly constitutional
What if… Canada wanted to join the European Union?
DAT Green
Poverty
Social security is not a burden—it’s a force for good
Ruth Patrick
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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
People Popular stories image
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
Sheila Hancock From the magazine
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I loved dancing barefoot around a cauldron with my neighbours
Kiran Sidhu From the magazine
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I must be the only person in the world trying to spend more time on TikTok
Alice Garnett From the magazine
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My therapist is retiring—how am I supposed to cope?
Sarah Collins From the magazine
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THE INSIDER
Canada’s crisis
Andrew Adonis
ANTISEMITISM
Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
Alona Ferber
A GOOD DEATH
What people don’t know about Parkinson’s
Mark Mardell
PEOPLE
Mehdi Hasan: The biggest victims of cancel culture are pro-Palestinian
Ben Clark
CULTURE
The very soil of moviemaking
Sukhdev Sandhu
PAINTING
One painting at a time: ‘Summer Stage’ by Marianne von Werefkin
Constance Higgins
LABOUR PARTY
Sticking plaster politics and the sticky realities of the housing crisis
Tom Clark
SYRIA
Syria’s next chapter
Khaled Mansour
FREE SPEECH
Trump and Vance have revealed their hypocrisy when it comes to free speech
Alan Rusbridger
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONAL
What if… Canada wanted to join the European Union?
DAT Green
World
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Syria
Syria’s next chapter
Celebrations of liberation are fading and sectarian violence has returned. Can Syrians avoid vengeance?
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
Democracy
Where humour meets Israeli authoritarianism
Eran Nissan
Podcasts
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Q&A: Has journalism become a commodity?
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Ash Sarkar: ‘Media is politics by other means’
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Donald Trump and the new world order
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Q&A: What’s the difference between dead cats and real cats?
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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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Media
AI is the media’s chance to reinvent itself
Artificial intelligence threatens today’s news industry—and with it, our shared reality. But it could also radically transform journalism for the better
David Caswell, Mary Fitzgerald
From the magazine
Media
Irrelevant and unloved: how the press lost its touch
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
From the magazine
Politics
Maurice Glasman and the origins of Blue Labour
Philip Collins
From the magazine
Climate
Eliane Brum: hope won’t save us from climate change. We should be fighting for life
Ellen Halliday
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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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