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My rare disease was getting closer to a cure. RFK Jr could undermine that | Jameson Rich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/rfk-jr-disease-breakthroughs-funding-cuts
Published: May 6, 2025 10:00
The Trump administration’s funding cuts to the NIH could destroy a wave of approaching research breakthroughsSince Robert F Kennedy Jr assumed control of the US health department in February, with a mandate to “[lower] chronic disease rates and [end]…
Israel is starving us in Gaza. This is what that feels like | Aya Al-Hattab
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/israel-starving-gaza-blockade-hunger
Published: May 6, 2025 09:00
Because of the blockade, hunger is part of our daily reality now. It is deep and cruel, and there is no reliefIt has been more than 30 hours since I last ate. At times, I go as long as two days without food. For most people around the world, the word…
Trump’s talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it’s already doing damage – to Hollywood | Peter Bradshaw
Published: May 6, 2025 08:37
The US president’s bizarre talk of 100% levies on films from ‘foreign countries’ combines trolling with a hazy grasp of factsAnother day, another bizarre, mischievous, headline-hogging pronouncement from the US president.Steve Bannon famously advised him…
Yes, of course Oxford Street should be pedestrianised. But let’s not stop there | Phineas Harper
Published: May 6, 2025 07:00
Banning cars in city centres has worked everywhere from Sydney to Seoul. Sadiq Khan should put his foot downCalls to pedestrianise one of Britain’s most famous roads have won an influential new ally. Hot on the heels of opening Ikea’s first Oxford Street…
The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming | Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/labour-local-communities-nigel-farage
Published: May 6, 2025 05:00
Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed nowIf you thought these elections were bad, just wait for the locals next May. Expect far worse for Labour, unless they act fast. As they tussle…
Why Europe needs a common defence fund – outside the EU | Simon Nixon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/europe-needs-common-defence-fund-outside-eu
Published: May 6, 2025 04:00
It would be open to the UK, Norway and Switzerland, and give governments more bang for their buck as the continent rearmsOf all the shocks to have hit Europe over the past three months, none is more devastating than the realisation that the continent may…
The Guardian view on Trump’s shock therapy: warehouse and transport workers are the first victims of a class war | Editorial
Published: May 5, 2025 17:02
Behind the slogans and tariffs lies a calculated strategy – fuelled by elite interests, eroding labour rights and stoking global recessionThe White House, eager to win a trade war it barely understands, has yanked the emergency brake on China-US trade…
Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt | Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/may/05/hollywood-trump-tariffs-international
Published: May 5, 2025 15:36
By insisting tariffs on films at least partly produced outside the US, the president is trying to limit the important worldview of cinemaAdd movies to the ever-expanding list of areas where Donald Trump has no expertise or even passing knowledge, but…
As Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret Simons
Published: May 5, 2025 15:00
The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream mediaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s old news, but people are only just beginning to believe it.Rupert Murdoch’s News…
Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party? | Frances Ryan
Published: May 5, 2025 13:45
The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best sideReform UK’s ascendancy to power has at times felt like watching the cliched slow-motion car crash: a wounded…
Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That’s malarkey | Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/may/05/trump-biden-economy
Published: May 5, 2025 12:00
The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessorWhile Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any administration in…
We all know the crisis in UK social care damages lives and the economy: it’s the Treasury we must convince | Layla Moran
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/crisis-social-care-economy-treasury
Published: May 5, 2025 11:00
There are real costs to not tackling this grievous problem. But, as we report today, the data we need doesn’t seem to exist• Layla Moran is chair of the health and social care select committee and MP for Oxford West and Abingdon“The NHS undoubtedly saved…
Trump’s tariffs get one thing right: capitalism is changing | Avram C Alpert
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/trump-tariffs-capitalism
Published: May 5, 2025 10:00
The president’s protectivist trade vision is deeply flawed. But he has picked up on something Democrats are missingTrying to understand Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs based solely on economic theory won’t work. As the US president himself said:…
Memo to Harry: megaphone diplomacy isn’t working. You could write to your dad – only costs a stamp | Stephen Bates
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/prince-harry-megaphone-diplomacy-bbc-interview
Published: May 5, 2025 09:00
The reaction to the prince’s BBC interview highlights his error in thinking he is anyone’s priority. Time for a reality checkWas the timing deliberate? It did seem so as Prince Harry backed into the limelight once again last Friday evening with his…
Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on | Justine Greening
Published: May 5, 2025 07:00
The local elections wipeout proves that out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work. Both Tories – and Labour – need to rethink hard and fastIt takes real effort to kill a political party that has been around for nearly 200 years and is the most…
Here’s a radical way to save England’s collapsing justice system: get rid of juries | Simon Jenkins
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/england-justice-system-jury-trials
Published: May 5, 2025 05:00
We’re saddled with an archaic system. As record numbers of trials stall and costs soar, it’s time for us to ditch this relicAre the middle ages about to end? We all know Magna Cartaset the principle that justice delayed is justice denied. These days,…
Germany needs a unifier. In Merz, it is getting a chancellor whose instincts are to divide | Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes
Published: May 5, 2025 04:00
Merz takes charge this week, as German industry buckles and social fractures deepen. He will struggle to bring a wary public with himA few weeks before Germany’s federal election in late February, Friedrich Merz was forced to backpedal after a daring…
Labor must heed the warnings wrapped up in its election win. Young voters are crying out for action | Intifar Chowdhury
Published: May 5, 2025 02:11
Gen Z want the government to address the big structural problems: housing supply, inequality and climateAustralian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updatesLive results: federal election votes tracker, electorates map and seat countsI often…
The Guardian view on Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza: hunger as a weapon of war | Editorial
Published: May 4, 2025 17:30
Conditions are increasingly desperate. The resumption of humanitarian relief is essential to save civilian livesShameful. That was the word that Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s foreign minister, used to describe proceedings at the international court of justice…
The Liberal party’s massive defeat leaves it in dire straits. Where to from here? | Judith Brett
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
The party will need to think long and hard about their history if they are to find a way out of their current messSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcastSince it was founded in the middle…
In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act? | Nadine Levy
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it isHave you ever been in the middle of difficult life circumstances to be told “let it go” or “don’t dwell on it” as if it…
Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/labour-trans-people-dignity
Published: May 4, 2025 14:00
The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers knowTo be a transgender person in the UK over the past two weeks has been to wake up daily to…
I worked in the Vatican for 18 years – this will be the most unpredictable conclave yet | Ariel Beramendi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/papal-conclave-vatican-catholic-church
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
Will the cardinals follow Francis’s path or return to a more conservative doctrine? The white smoke will tell us which faction has won Ariel Beramendi worked at the Vatican for 18 years as an official in the Dicastery for CommunicationAs the cardinals…
The English question now isn’t about Reform or party politics: it’s the rage that means we can’t talk to each other any more | John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/english-reform-party-politics-local-elections
Published: May 4, 2025 12:26
My time in Lincolnshire highlighted our country’s most serious problem: the disconnection that means solutions can’t be reachedIt was unseasonably hot in Alford, Lincolnshire, and the early evening had brought a contented glow to the main street and…
Have you followed Trump’s 100-day disaster? Try this quiz!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/trump-100-days-quiz
Published: May 4, 2025 12:00
Chainsaws, lawsuits and thundering silence – but no mention of the words ‘my bad’Note: Your answers to this quiz may be subject to subpoena by the Department of Justice.Lawrence Douglas is a professor of law at Amherst College in Massachusetts Continue…
Geography has given the US unrivaled security. Trump is destroying it | Gil Barndollar and Rajan Menon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/trump-us-canada-mexico-relationship
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
The US’s greatest strategic advantage is its friendly neighbors. But its ties to Canada and Mexico are being underminedThe secret to American power and pre-eminence was best summed up more than a century ago.America, observed Jean Jules Jusserand, France’s…
Donald Trump’s cartoon-like chaos leaves US economy on unstable course | Heather Stewart
Published: May 4, 2025 10:36
Uncertainty generated by tariff policy underlines US president seems unable to choose a path and stick to itTen days reporting from the US – in Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and just across the Potomac river in Arlington, Virginia – gave me a fascinating…
Baby food pouch hysteria? It’s just another way of making mothers feel guilty | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/baby-food-pouch-parents-society-choices
Published: May 4, 2025 07:00
We need a society that supports parents and makes good food choices achievable – not more lecturing of exhausted mumsLike many modern mothers, I have on occasion piped cold bolognese directly from a pouch into my small child’s open mouth and, radical…
It’s right to remember the dead of 1939-45. But keep the anger about current wars too | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/dead-war-remember-conflict-globe-scale
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it? Victims of Nazi atrocities will be remembered at ceremonies next week marking the end of the second world war in Europe. Survivors and…
Australians have soundly rejected Trump-style culture wars. Now Albanese must act with courage and vision | Julianne Schultz
Published: May 4, 2025 03:41
We can no longer rely on the rest of the world to provide the lead – the future is ours to makeAustralian federal election 2025 live – latest news and updatesElection 2025 results: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsGet our breaking news email,…
The post-Howard identity of the Liberal party has failed to gel into a contemporary form. Now is the time for reflection | Arthur Sinodinos
Published: May 4, 2025 01:32
The scale of Labor’s victory highlights structural problems within the Liberals that have been papered over for yearsAustralian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal…
Forget Swedish death cleaning, letting go is hard – even when it’s just a jacket | Nova Weetman
Published: May 3, 2025 20:00
It would now be easier for us if Dad had sorted things before he died but the process of emptying his house allowed me to see him differentlyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI was browsing in a recycled clothing shop recently when I started…
Financial markets have become a bulwark against populist excesses | Phillip Inman
Published: May 3, 2025 15:00
Custodians of global wealth have reacted with anger at attempts by people like Trump and Truss to revolutionise the economyYou say you want a revolution, sang the Beatles back in 1968. And that seems to be the interpretation of electoral results across the…
Will Jeffrey Epstein’s victims ever get justice? | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/jeffrey-epstein-virginia-giuffre
Published: May 3, 2025 13:00
I have a suggestion for conspiracy theorists: instead of searching for secret plots, why not grapple with some very clear facts?Last weekend the terrible news broke that Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the disgraced US financier…
Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam Becker
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk
Published: May 3, 2025 12:00
Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real worldIt’s tempting to believe that tech billionaires’ embrace of Donald Trump and the far right is a sudden rupture with the usual political…
Why are some trying to silence our film on Columbia’s Gaza protests? | Hamza and Badie Ali
Published: May 3, 2025 11:00
The Encampments tells the story of campus activism last year. But Palestinian films are facing intimidation campaignsRecently, The Encampments opened at the Angelika Film Center in New York to a record-setting box office for an independent film – along…
Do yourself, the world and me a big favour: stop phone-filming at gigs | Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/music-phone-filming-at-gigs
Published: May 3, 2025 10:00
Recording concerts has become a compulsion for many. I’m resolving to put my device away and just dance: I hope others followI’m making a public vow, which I fear I may abandon the moment Lana Del Rey comes on stage at Wembley in July: to stop recording…
It is safe for me to write this article – and for you to read it. But globally, those rights are under grave threat | Antonio Zappulla
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/world-press-freedom-day-rights-journalists
Published: May 3, 2025 09:00
The act of labelling journalists ‘foreign agents’ is deliberately chilling. On World Press Freedom Day, be aware of the peril involved in seeking the truthLast month, Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili approved a new law inflicting criminal charges,…
Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack? | John McDonnell
Published: May 3, 2025 07:00
The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting throughJohn McDonnell was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020The response from Labour spokespeople so far to the loss of…
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/ve-day-second-world-war-sheila-hancock
Published: May 3, 2025 06:00
Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world It is May 2025, it is 4am, and I am sitting up in bed, sleepless, looking out at a huge moon illuminating the still…
Does human rights law really stop the UK controlling migration? No – and Keir Starmer knows that | Jamie Burton
Published: May 3, 2025 05:00
It would be wrong for Labour to collude in the attack on the European convention. It’s fuelled by myths and false narrativesHere’s a recent quote from a Downing Street source: “We have to be able to say something on this that isn’t just defending the…
How to avoid ‘fast furniture’ and deck out your home with goods that will last
Published: May 3, 2025 00:00
That distinctive ‘new furniture smell’ is a sign that harmful compounds are being released. Here are ways to sidestep the environmental and health risks of cheap furnitureChange by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help…
Prince Harry tells the BBC of his pain, and it’s queasy viewing. But who will switch it off? | Hugh Muir
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/prince-harry-bbc-viewing-entertainment
Published: May 2, 2025 18:41
Real-life anguish or confected entertainment? One thing is clear – the soap opera endures because millions still love to watch itWell, isn’t this a plot turn? You switched on for the latest cinematic episode of Prince Harry fights the fight – not against…
Enjoy this victory, Nigel Farage – because it could also be the start of your downfall | Polly Toynbee
Published: May 2, 2025 16:39
This week’s election results are a huge boon for Reform UK. But success comes with more pressure, more scrutiny and the risk of bruising exposureWhat else would you expect from a byelection? Governments lose and this government is unpopular. To lose by a…
One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: he can rage, but he can’t govern | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/donald-trump-first-100-days-tariffs-us-economy
Published: May 2, 2025 15:39
Americans are beginning to worry about their future amid a shrinking economy, warnings of empty shelves – and the president’s failed promisesHe says it’s the “best 100-day start of any president in history”, but you can file that along with his boast about…
Canada has long been seen as the cool cousin next door. Here's the truth | Noel Ransome
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/canada-trump-us-progressivism-mark-carney
Published: May 2, 2025 14:00
The country has exported a myth of progressivism. It’s time to confront who we really areCanada has been canonized – safely, predictably.It’s the great, grave story we’ve exported – retold in economic rankings, stitched into tourism ads, held up in…
Is Farage’s win a new dawn? We could ask Labour, but they’re still fast asleep | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/nigel-farage-reform-win-labour-local-elections
Published: May 2, 2025 11:58
The local elections results tell us one clear thing: the ‘two main parties’ offer a change that actually changes nothing – and voters know itIt’s been a funny old decade. Just over 10 years ago, the comedian Russell Brand was lionised in some quarters for…
The way universities can survive the Trump era? Band together in an alliance | David Kirp
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/trump-universities-harvard
Published: May 2, 2025 11:00
Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back offHigher education is under attack from the person who inhabits the White House. Universities are being threatened…
Support for Reform has surged – what does this mean for UK politics? Our panel responds | Gaby Hinsliff, John McTernan, Carys Ofoko, Caroline Lucas and Peter Kellner
Published: May 2, 2025 10:19
Can Farage’s party now claim to be the official opposition? And what lessons should Labour and the Tories learn after a chastening night? Continue reading...
The case for American reindustrialisation | Dustin Guastella
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/american-reindustrialization-manufacturing
Published: May 2, 2025 10:00
Walking through the US’s deindustrialized zones is a bit like walking through Dresden after 1945. We can rebuild better than beforeA poll from the conservative Cato Institute recently went viral. It found that 80% of Americans think the country would be…
Horses helped shape the world as we know it. Now we run them to death | Elizabeth Banicki
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/02/kentucky-derby-horse-deaths
Published: May 2, 2025 08:30
For centuries the horse was our most noble ally – in war, migration and myth. Today we repay that bond not with reverence, but with suffering at the racetrackHumanity owes the horse an immeasurable debt. For centuries the horse has been our partner, has…
Dear David Beckham: as you approach 50, remember this – there is still time to turn your life around | Tim Dowling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/david-beckham-birthday-boy-50
Published: May 2, 2025 07:00
I’ve learned that at 40, you can set a course. If you’re not there by 50, there’s still time. By 60 the die is cast, and you know itG2: David Beckham at 50: his gorgeous, outrageous life in 50 picturesHappy birthday, David Beckham. Earlier this year,…
Militarily cosying up to Trump in Yemen cannot end well for the UK | Paul Rogers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/02/trump-yemen-uk-global-pariah-houthis-strike
Published: May 2, 2025 05:00
US foreign policy is turning it into a global pariah – yet Labour’s strike on the Houthis represents a new level of supportPaul Rogers is emeritus professor of peace studies at Bradford UniversityThis week’s RAF attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen was the…
A climate election? The Coalition wants to take Australia backwards, but Labor is standing still | Clear Air
Published: May 2, 2025 04:12
Depending on where things end up after Saturday, the biggest climate push may come from the crossbenchElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties…
The Guardian view on the US and Ukraine: is the natural resources agreement a big deal? | Editorial
Published: May 1, 2025 17:56
The White House calls it ‘historic’. A more realistic estimate is that while Ukraine is glad to sign, this is not a shift in the big pictureThe Trump administration, with its customary rhetorical inflation, has hailed its mineral deal with Ukraine as…
Even gen Z are resorting to cash - and I'm clinging to my own handful of it | Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/cash-banks-gen-z-power-outages-dystopia
Published: May 1, 2025 16:47
Power outages, the needs of vulnerable people and a general descent into dystopia are all reasons to resist banks’ dream of a cashless societyOpening my wallet, I’m down to my last five dollars. Dog-eared leftovers from a foreign holiday that I keep…
I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw
Published: May 1, 2025 15:00
I personally don’t really want to watch another movie about a billionaire – unless he is in some sort of trapGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt’s important in any healthy relationship to be able to “call each other in” – gently point out issues…
Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey
Published: May 1, 2025 14:16
The band’s rightwing critics are now cancel culture advocates, while defenders demand limitless free speechDorian Lynskey is the author of 33 Revolutions Per MinuteEarlier this year, the Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap appeared to be entering their…
A plea to the West: help us save America’s democracy | Anonymous
Published: May 1, 2025 13:00
Countries from Canada to Japan must take steps to isolate the United States in world diplomacyDonald Trump and his political allies in Washington have undertaken far-sweeping actions to undermine the foundations of American democracy, while simultaneously…
I worked with Tony Blair when he put climate at the heart of UK policy. He must not now undermine that | David King
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/tony-blair-climate-uk-policy-undermine
Published: May 1, 2025 12:26
I support the Climate Paradox report from the Tony Blair Institute, but his foreword risks compromising what must be achievedDavid King was chief scientific adviser to the UK government under Tony Blair, and is founder and chair of the global Climate…
I witnessed US cruelty as a Guantánamo lawyer. Trump’s deportations are disturbingly familiar | Mark Denbeaux
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/guantanamo-trump-deportations
Published: May 1, 2025 12:00
The government’s claims against detainees were paper-thin and the process riddled with errors. Now history is repeatingGuantánamo is a horror Americans have tried to forget. But the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) deportation regime resembles so…
We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency | Moustafa Bayoumi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/trump-administration-blunders-mistakes
Published: May 1, 2025 11:00
In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-upsAs we pass the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s second term, it’s time to take note of a key element of how this…
I know how global aid works. Here’s how Britain can do the right thing – and make its money count | David Miliband
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/global-aid-politics-toxic-uk-money-poorest
Published: May 1, 2025 10:32
The politics of aid may be toxic, but the UK must realise that supporting the world’s poorest people is both a moral and pragmatic thing to doDavid Miliband is president and CEO of the International Rescue CommitteeIn more than 10 years working in the aid…
American higher education is collapsing before our eyes | Frederico Menino
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/trump-higher-education-universities
Published: May 1, 2025 10:00
The once unsinkable ship of US higher education has hit an unthinkable icebergAmerican higher education is living its RMS Titanic moment. The multi-trillion-dollar United States academic-scientific complex, led by the richest and most highly coveted…
The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone for US media | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/60-minutes-press-freedom
Published: May 1, 2025 10:00
What has happened with 60 Minutes is a high-octane version of what’s happening everywhere in Trump 2.0There have been so many red alerts for press freedom in the United States over the past few months that it can be hard to know which ones really…
What kind of chatbot do you want? One that tells you the truth – or that you’re always right? | Chris Stokel-Walker
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/chatgpt-chatbot-truth-user-update-ai
Published: May 1, 2025 09:00
ChatGPT’s embarrassing rollback of a user update was a warning about the dangers of humans placing emotional trust in AINobody likes a suck-up. Too much deference and praise puts off all of us (with one notable presidential exception). We quickly learn as…
The truth is finally dawning on Britain: toadying to Trump has got us nowhere | Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/britain-white-house-donald-trump-toadying
Published: May 1, 2025 07:00
Jolly humouring and kind words guarantee nothing from this White House. Right now Walmart has more clout than the UKIt’s not funny, of course – livelihoods if not actual lives depend on reaching a workable accord. But the news that President Trump has…
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
Published: May 1, 2025 05:00
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survivalIt’s no longer even pretending. Last week, the BBC, already the UK’s most prolific censor, instructed the presenter Evan Davis to…
Voters deserve to know what election promises cost. So why has the Coalition left its costings to the last minute? | Kylea Tink
Published: May 1, 2025 03:56
If the opposition is going to indeed deliver a ‘better budget’, I need to know that more than 48 hours before I cast my ballotElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty…
The Trump effect has left Dutton exposed and Albanese in poll position in this atypical election race | Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry
Published: May 1, 2025 00:39
As Australians prepare to vote on Saturday, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry offer some final observations from the 2025 election campaignHear more thoughts on the Australian election from the Barries in our podcast seriesGet our afternoon election email,…
If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-next-100-days
Published: April 30, 2025 18:07
We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak outWe have witnessed the first 100 days of the odious Trump regime.The US constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights…
The Guardian view on Argentina’s bailout: when Trump’s ally calls, the IMF obeys – at a cost | Editorial
Published: April 30, 2025 17:44
The deal with Javier Milei shows how America-first dealmaking is bending global finance to serve authoritarian and extractive endsIt is famed for hard-nosed bargaining with crisis-hit countries, so why did the International Monetary Fund throw a $20bn…
Canada narrowly missed a far-right prime minister. But we’re not in the clear yet | Tayo Bero
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/mark-carney-canada-prime-minister-far-right
Published: April 30, 2025 16:00
Mark Carney’s win isn’t as comforting as it should be, especially when we look at all the events leading up to itAfter a snap election, weeks of breathless campaigning and a surprisingly close race, Mark Carney has been elected prime minister of Canada.…
Getting tangled up talking about inflation, Peter Dutton has blown the opportunity he was handed | Greg Jericho
Published: April 30, 2025 15:00
Cost-of-living problems are real – there’s no need for the Coalition to use even bigger numbersPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of our new…
It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive? | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/tony-blair-anti-net-zero-anti-woke-corporate
Published: April 30, 2025 14:59
The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfwayWhen Tony Blair came out this week to say current net zero policies were “doomed to fail”, there was something familiar in his arguments: phasing out fossil…
We are witnessing slow constitutional collapse in the US | Moira Donegan
Published: April 30, 2025 14:00
The vestiges of the US’s democracy are crumpling to the ground. We don’t yet know what will be erected in its placeIt’s possible that later, when we know more about how the Trump regime reshapes the US and about how it ultimately comes to an end, we will…
The US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/us-vietnam-war-media
Published: April 30, 2025 14:00
The myth that news coverage turned Americans against the war persists. In fact, it was largely complicit in perpetuating the conflictThe last helicopter liftoff from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon on 30 April 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam…
RFK Jr likes to think his views on food dyes are pioneering. In fact, he’s way behind the curve | Devi Sridhar
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/britain-us-food-safety-robert-f-kennedy-jr
Published: April 30, 2025 10:59
Britain and the EU identified the risks and clamped down on them long ago – Trump’s health guru is just playing catch-upOne of my favourite memories as a child growing up in Miami was going to the local fair and having bright-blue cotton candy – candy…
After 100 days, Trump has destroyed Trumpism | Sidney Blumenthal
Published: April 30, 2025 10:00
The president’s approach: tackle problems that don’t exist via policies that won’t workIn the 2024 election, Donald Trump eked out a narrow victory, by 1.5 percentage points nationally, the lowest popular vote margin in 56 years, since Richard Nixon’s…
I live in the US and have a green card. If I leave the country, will I be allowed back in? | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: April 30, 2025 10:00
Even a summer holiday isn’t straightforward any more - and all across the US, millions of people are having to make calculations like mineLet me start with a message to my wife. SORRY!!! I apologise in advance for everything you are about to read.My more…
No wonder Jeremy Vine is hanging up his helmet cam – the rage we cyclists face is off the scale | Peter Walker
Published: April 30, 2025 07:00
Why does sharing the road with bikes cause so many drivers to lose their cool? It’s partly ignorance, but politicians don’t helpMy local area has a thriving community website mainly based around things such as recommendations for plumbers and restaurants,…
The Tories have shown Labour exactly how not to fight Farage | Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/tories-labour-fight-farage-local-elections
Published: April 30, 2025 05:00
As local elections loom, it’s clear that years of agreeing with the Reform leader have failed to discourage people from voting for himIn the playbook of election strategies, there are two canonical campaigns. Incumbents say things are going in the right…
The ‘womanosphere’ is the latest cultural propaganda assault on young womanhood. Will it work? | Van Badham
Published: April 30, 2025 04:11
A conservative movement seeking to harness female fandoms and pop culture gossip is the new front in the hard right’s endless culture warFun news from the Guardian’s “Everything is Awful” desk this week: the “womanosphere” cometh. The article heralds the…
Russia has offered a short ceasefire in Ukraine – but here’s what Putin really wants | Andriy Yermak
Published: April 30, 2025 04:00
As part of the price for peace, Moscow would like sanctions on Russian airlines lifted. That’s no surprise: they’re vital to the Kremlin’s war machineOn Monday, the Kremlin offered a three-day pause in hostilities against Ukraine in May, to coincide with…
The Guardian view on Canada’s Liberal election: Carney’s triumph is a rebuff to Trump | Editorial
Published: April 29, 2025 17:36
The US president’s territorial and economic threats have prompted voters to unite against his bellicosityCanada’s astounding election comeback by the Liberals will hearten many outside its borders as well as within. The governing party’s Lazarus moment was…
The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-presidency-100-days-ineptitude
Published: April 29, 2025 16:00
From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a samplingSome Democrats fear they’re playing into Donald Trump’s hands by fighting his mass deportations rather than focusing on his failures on…
A massacre has reignited the forever war between India and Pakistan – once more, Kashmiri voices are missing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/india-pakistan-kashmir-war-massacre
Published: April 29, 2025 15:27
The people of Kashmir have had little or no say in their future for as long as I can remember. This cycle must endMirza Waheed was born in Srinigar, Kashmir. His novels include Tell Her Everything and The CollaboratorBy all accounts, the 26 people killed…
Feeling stressed and wondering if a ‘cortisol detox’ can help? Not so fast | Antiviral
Published: April 29, 2025 15:00
Some changes being promoted as part of a ‘detox’ are good advice, but not everything will work for everyone – and some tips could actually be harmfulAs a psychologist, Carly Dober’s clients often come in talking about their cortisol levels as the reason…
Musk’s companies got billions from the government. Now he’s pulling up the ladder behind him | Christopher Marquis
Published: April 29, 2025 14:00
Federal funding was critical to Tesla’s survival, yet the Doge boss now derides subsidies as government overreach Continue reading...
In the Madrid power cuts, I saw patience and common sense – but we were woefully unprepared | María Ramírez
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/madrid-power-cuts-blackout-radio-internet
Published: April 29, 2025 12:03
People queued calmly for torches and shared radios, but our vulnerability in an internet-reliant world was badly exposedAt the entrance to a healthcare centre on Trafalgar Street, in my densely populated, central Madrid neighbourhood, somebody had stuck a…
Why is the US sleeping as autocracy approaches? | Jay Inslee
Published: April 29, 2025 12:00
The country’s future depends on law firms, universities and media companies – as well as everyday Americans – breaking their silenceWhen a woman asked me a couple of weeks ago why leaders were not standing up to Donald Trump, my thoughts went immediately…
Chaos is Trump’s calling card. But reality is biting back | Lloyd Green
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/trump-chaos-lloyd-green
Published: April 29, 2025 10:00
In his first 100 days, the president has taken a sledgehammer to institutions and the constitution. We can only guess what’s nextIn nearly 100 days on the job, Donald Trump has outlasted Liz Truss and a fabled head of lettuce. That’s a fact, not an…
It’s time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all | Bernie Sanders
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/america-universal-healthcare-bernie-sanders
Published: April 29, 2025 10:00
We spend almost twice as much per capita on healthcare as any other country on Earth. It’s time to change thatI have held public meetings all over Vermont and in many parts of the country. At these gatherings I almost always ask a very simple question: is…
Trump’s chaotic threats won Mark Carney the Canadian election – but only just | Colin Horgan
Published: April 29, 2025 08:39
This was a vote against delusions of a ‘51st state’ and economic warfare, rather than an endorsement of the Liberals’ policiesYesterday, as Canadians went to the polls, US president Donald Trump suggested that if Canada became part of America, they could…
I used to run Israel’s security agency – now I’m sounding the alarm about our extremist government | Ami Ayalon
Published: April 29, 2025 07:00
Israel’s genuine friends abroad, from governments to Jewish communities, must mobilise to help us end this terrible war• Ami Ayalon is a former director of Shin Bet and a former commander-in-chief of Israel’s navyI spent close to 40 years working as a…
Why is Labour getting bolder on Europe? It knows even leave voters can now see the benefits | Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/labour-bolder-europe-leave-voters-see-benefits
Published: April 29, 2025 05:00
With Labour losing votes to pro-European parties, an intriguing new deep-dive makes clear that the public mood has shiftedIt’s nearly nine years now since Britain lost its collective mind.More than enough time, then, to put the Brexit referendum into…
The EU can’t replace the US as a global player until it sheds its own colonial thinking | Shada Islam
Published: April 29, 2025 04:00
Eurocentric assumptions and bullying resource-grabs are justified causes of outrage in the global southDonald Trump has disrupted the global economy with his disastrous tariff wars and appears hell-bent on gutting transatlantic relations. I am hoping he…
Amid Dutton’s messy decline in the polls, is Albanese on the verge of becoming the John Howard of his era? | Peter Lewis
Published: April 29, 2025 01:05
It is a terrible to thing to say to about someone who entered politics to ‘fight Tories’, but there are parallels between the two leadersLabor leads Coalition in final pre-election poll as Dutton’s approval rating slips furtherPolls tracker; Election…
The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan
Published: April 28, 2025 19:15
The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponentsOn Friday, the Trump administration dramatically escalated its assault on the courts when the FBI arrested Hannah Dugan, a county circuit court judge…
This post-Huw Edwards BBC shakeup feels awfully familiar – and insiders aren’t impressed | Jane Martinson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/huw-edwards-bbc-shakeup-review
Published: April 28, 2025 17:43
There’s an air of Groundhog Day to this latest review, and little faith among employees that it will mean real changeA detailed review into workplace bullying and harassment at the BBC found stars behaving badly, untouchable and unchallenged, with staff…
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