Unregulated money continues to corrode US politics. Reforms are needed
Daniel I Weiner and Owen Bacskai
Watergate sparked a political reckoning 50 years ago. The scandal wasn’t just an abuse of power, but it was a campaign finance scandal – with lessons for today
Brats, dads and bravado: this US election will be decided on vibes
Sam Wolfson
‘Edgelords’ and ‘butt-sniffers’: will Trump’s tour of hyper-masculine podcasts win over young men?
Arwa Mahdawi
Why Donald Trump won’t make major inroads with Black voters
Musa al-Gharbi
US support for Israel is collapsing. And Aipac knows it
Yousef Munayyer
In choosing Tim Walz, Kamala Harris went for policies not electoral votes
John Zogby
Kamala Harris’s VP pick may signal a shift away from pivoting to the center
Moira Donegan
The Guardian view on Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick: Tim Walz is a smart choice for Democrats
Trump once seemed invincible. Then Kamala Harris broke the spell
Sidney Blumenthal
Palestinians’ voices are needed more than ever. But they are being silenced
Ahmad Ibsais
The United States is not facing an imminent recession. This is nonsense
Robert Reich
Why am I addicted to watching videos of people chopping salads?
Sophie Brickman
Democrats should run on a progressive economic agenda. Americans are ready
Bernie Sanders
Harris helped pass one of the strongest climate laws. Her policies don’t stop there
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For Australian identity to evolve, we must be able to see what has come before
Julianne Schultz
The new minister for arts is in a position to help researchers and artists access records and archives about our own past and in the process help define our future
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Torsten Bell
There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism
David Olusoga
The Conservative party has shifted too far to the right. We must fight for the centre ground
Timothy Kirkhope
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Hurling could be a global phenomenon if it weren’t such an unexportable sport
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The Tories have created an Islamophobic cesspit – but Labour must share some of the guilt
Owen Jones
Look back and see a British history of riots and racial progress. It isn’t pretty, but it is us
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