Israel may, for now, have backed off from the outright annexation of Palestinian land it has occupied for half a century. But it is burying any hope for a negotiated peace in concrete and tarmac

He arrived as a clean slate for progressives to write their hopes on. Four years later he has set the stage for the Fifth Republic’s nastiest election ever

A couple of months after Britain finally took its great leap into the unknown, many businesses are still waiting to see where they will land. Others fear they have lost their footing for good

Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll distils a few of the post-exit bumps facing individual British firms that she has investigated for the Guardian

Forget the froth. Deep tides are now pushing Scotland its own way, and washing against the very idea of the UK

Catastrophic cuts have come at a moment of humanitarian crisis. But aid won’t be saved until we rethink what it is for

From the early mess on test, track and trace to dangerous immunity theories, there’s plenty of blame to go round. But a lot of drift and delay seeped down from the top

The space for free expression is narrowly dangerously

Inside Scotland’s inspiring struggle to give everyone a stake in the ground beneath their feet—and the lessons for confronting inequality everywhere

Twenty years on from its humble beginnings, the online encyclopedia is now an indispensable tool

FDR wrote the playbook the new president needs—and he’s been studying it closely

Faced with creeping authoritarianism, liberals need to craft a new agenda—learning from their serious mistakes, and shaking shibboleths of both right and left