The Supreme Court will consider a GOP-led case against campaign spending limits that critics suggest will open the door to quid pro quo corruption.
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Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how the billionaire X owner has turned Twitter into a tool for foreign interference which monetises and weaponises a global network of disinformation
How should the progressive left respond to the experiment of Kurdish-led revolutionary Rojava in north-east Syria with its commitment to direct democracy, ecological sustainability, women’s rights and multi-ethnic inclusivity? It is a question that is bound to have plagued anyone who has visited Rojava, for whatever length of time, and come away humbled and impressed […]
By offering watered down Faragist rhetoric combined with a programme of managed decline, Keir Starmer's Government has left a political vacuum which the Reform leader is now stepping into, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
Working in the hospitality industry this summer was an interesting experience. Like bartenders the world over, I readied myself for the seasonal rush, made jokes about this with my colleagues, and looked forward to the inevitable increase in pay that would come with more hours of work. But the high season never came. A heady […]
How did Robert Frost so perfectly capture a moment of timelessness? Discover the hidden craft in this classic’s simplicity
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Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity
- by Tommy Blanchard
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
- by Sherry Chan
Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization” in his first memo to the Air Force — fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.
The post New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn appeared first on The Intercept.
The Labour Home Secretary has spent her first months in the job actively enabling the forces of the populist right, argues Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
Jamie Morgan: To a member of the public it must seem weird that it is possible to state, as you do, such fundamental criticism of an entire field of study. The perplexing issue from a third party point of view is how do we reconcile good intention (or at least legitimate sense of self as […]
One Nation leader (for now), Pauline Hanson and Australia’s most prominent adulterer, Barnaby Joyce, have announced that they will be getting together to record a Christmas single: Six White Boomers. ”Barnaby and I were hitting the Friday night karaoke and... Read More ›
For The War Between the Land and the Sea premiere week, we look back at the Big Finish audio where the Ninth Doctor met the Sea Devils.
A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025 It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through […]
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
The post A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent. appeared first on The Intercept.
The Hahn problem stands as a profound and frequently ignored embarrassment for monetary economics. Frank Hahn, writing in the 1960s and 1970s, posed an apparently disarmingly simple question: how can money — intrinsically worthless printed paper — possess value in a perfectly competitive general-equilibrium economy? In the mainstream Arrow–Debreu world, individuals hold only assets that […]
Under former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department is rolling back consumer protections for travelers.
Based on what Doctor Who Showrunner and 2026 Christmas Special writer Russell T. Davies shared, the BBC really likes what he has planned.