Sometimes, when a 10Foot graffiti tag slips into view from an unexpected source — on a remote farm gate in the countryside, or in an over-gentrified corner of London Fields — the pleasurable jolt of human connection is not that far from the warm feeling of recognition that great literature can give you. So maybe […]
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More than twelve months of strike action has taken a devastating toll on the NHS. I’m not talking about walkouts by doctors or nurses, but about the sustained capital strike by some of the biggest pharmaceutical corporations in the world. Backed by the president of the United States, these companies have spent the past year […]
New research has mapped people’s contrasting conceptions of the truth. No wonder so many arguments feel irresolvable
- by Lukas S Huber, David-Elias Künstle & Kevin Reuter
The late Leo Abse — social reformer, author and Labour MP — once recalled his early days taking the train from his south Wales Pontypool constituency to Parliament. This was in the 1970s, when MPs weren’t paid much and most of Leo’s colleagues were former mineworkers and union officials. ‘The carriage would be quiet,’ said […]
Nigel Farage's Head of Policy endorsed extremist ‘Great Replacement’ theory, called for the reversal of a quarter-century of British migration, and named himself UK chair of a pan-European far-right alliance, in conversation with now deceased ‘MAGA’ activist Charlie Kirk.
“It all comes down to those four,” said an advocate, “and if they are going to continue to try to hand Trump warrantless surveillance.”
The post Meet the Four Democrats Who’ll Decide If Trump Gets His Domestic Spying Law appeared first on The Intercept.
As 175 Ukrainian POWs are returned to Chernihiv, desperate families continue to search for their missing loved ones, Kris Parker reports
Adam Smith, like the other Scottish Enlightenment philosophers, was strongly influenced by natural rights philosophy. Locke — under the influence of Hugo Grotius and Samuel von Pufendorf — had emphasised people’s natural freedom and right against the state. For Smith, natural freedom meant, among other things, that the individual himself should have the right to […]
Sydney’s radio stations are as much as part of the city as any place you can see or visit. Wherever you are, at any time of the day or night, you can tune in and something will be happening. Someone is playing music, speaking to you, or having a conversation that you can listen in […]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 26, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War How Iran has been studying lessons from the war in Ukraine [FT Alphaville, via The Big Picture, April 20, 2026] Military journals provide tantalising glimpses into what Tehran’s military thinks and its priorities, including drones. Tehran’s military journals reveal how closely […]
The recurring pattern in financial crises is broadly the same. For one reason or another, a shift occurs in the economic cycle — such as war, innovation, or new regulation — which alters profit opportunities for banks and firms. Demand and prices rise, drawing ever larger parts of the economy into a state of euphoria. […]
A helium crisis, a regulation exterminator, and more from The Lever this week.
For the first time, documents confirm the CIA carried out tests on North Korean POWs and planned for much more invasive experimentation.
The post CIA Ran MK-ULTRA Experiments on Prisoners of War in U.S. Custody, Declassified Docs Confirm appeared first on The Intercept.
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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A satirist moves in on a conspiracist, a utility stumbles in Nevada, security guards could score protection, and a real doctor goes to Washington.
In torrid weeks like this, the benefits of being a Labour cabinet minister might seem few and far between. But all those at the government’s top table have an advantage not so readily available to politicians in rival parties: thanks to the Labour Party’s unique formal connection to the union movement, they have the perspectives […]
As someone who has spent my entire adult life in the Labour Party, I have read countless column inches and watched endless hours of broadcasts about supposed Trotskyist takeovers. From Militant to Momentum, and everything in between, the shrieks of alarm have been a constant soundtrack. Yet none of these apocalyptic predictions ever came to […]
Majority Democrats has assembled a “party within the party” of PACs, wealthy donors, and consultants pushing Democrats to the center — and testing the limits of campaign finance law.
Test your knowledge of gerrymandering, Trump’s deregulation agenda, and other issues that really matter.