The prospect of another Trump presidency in the US, rising authoritarianism and multiple complex conflicts around the world make for a depressing picture
US Politics
Alexandra Hall Hall provides her insights on a frightening two hours of Haley, Christie, de Santis, Scott and Ramaswamy
Those in America looking for a way out of the toxic Trumpian cycle should look to Poland as a starting point
Peter Oborne reports from East Jerusalem on last night's deadly attack on an Anglican-run hospital in Gaza
Tehran's support for 'wars of division' in the Middle East is an attempt to divide the West, argues Brian Latham
For the first time, there is the real possibility of a unity coalition with the Democratic minority and a block of moderate Republicanism, writes Grant Stern
Rishi Sunak's reckless attempts to mimic the political tactics of the radical Republican right led to some ugly scenes at his party's conference in Manchester, reports Adam Bienkov
In just one year, book bans in the US have increased by a third – largely targeted at works containing content on LGBTQ+ rights, race and racism, physical abuse, grief and death
The spurious Republican inquiry treads the same treacherous ground of Russian propaganda exposed in the impeachment of Trump
History repeats itself, the first time as hope, the second time as dread. In a preface to the 2002 reissue of her classic work on the fear of bodily pollution, first published in 1966, the anthropologist Mary Douglas wrote: When I was writing Purity and Danger I had no idea that soon the fear of […]
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