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Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it | Fatma Aydemir
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2025/jul/19/germany-goethe-shaming-women-abortion
Published: July 19, 2025 04:00
Abortion is criminalised and stigmatised – and now the right has found a new female scapegoat in its US-style war on bodily autonomyEvery nation has literary classics that shape its cultural identity. Germans have Faust, Goethe’s play about the successful…
How to reduce your food footprint: if it’s better for you, it’s better for the planet
Published: July 19, 2025 00:00
Curbing waste, eating a plant-rich diet and limiting ultra-processed food (and sadly, coffee and chocolate) will dramatically reduce your carbon footprintChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your…
Trump worked to kill a story about his friendship with Epstein. Now we know why | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/wall-street-journal-trump-epstein
Published: July 18, 2025 19:45
The president is reportedly ‘on a warpath’ over a story in the Wall Street Journal – controlled by Trump’s top media allyFor days before the Wall Street Journal published its story about Donald Trump’s salacious friendship with Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday,…
Faced with a choice between saving his own skin and the lives of others, Netanyahu always chooses himself | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-ceasefire-deal
Published: July 18, 2025 17:05
If Israel’s prime minister accepts a ceasefire deal soon, it will only be because the timing suits him. He, like his country, will face a reckoningWill the war in Gaza last for ever? It’s not a wholly rhetorical question. There are days when I fear that…
The Guardian view on Maga and Jeffrey Epstein: the truth about Donald Trump and conspiracy theories | Editorial
Published: July 18, 2025 16:37
The US president is struggling to close down speculation about the case that those close to him have promotedDonald Trump has thrived on conspiracy theories – “birtherist” lies that Barack Obama was born outside the US; the lunacies of the Q-Anon movement;…
I used to be scared of being a ‘difficult woman’. Now it’s a badge of honour | Jacinta Parsons
Published: July 18, 2025 15:00
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned by talking to older women, it’s that being a ‘bad girl’ shouldn’t faze you – it should embolden youI remember the thrill I felt when someone would tell me that I was a “good girl”. I understood from a young age that,…
The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
Published: July 18, 2025 15:00
We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – wayThe late broadcaster and campaigner Darcus Howe and Tottenham MP Bernie Grant once fell out over a hot-seat discussion on…
Trump’s endless toying with conspiracy theories has finally come back to bite him | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/trump-conspiracy-theories-epstein
Published: July 18, 2025 14:00
The president has long exploited useful fictions embraced by his supporters. Now he’s trying to change the narrativeDonald Trump’s followers, and the conspiracist influencers turned-government officials through whom he persuades them, have turned on the…
The end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is a concerning nail in the coffin for comedy | Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/18/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending-trump
Published: July 18, 2025 13:29
The long-running US television staple is coming to an end, signalling the slow death of late-night comedy and the worrying cultural power of TrumpThe idea that the political career of Donald Trump would be a goldmine for comedy died a long time ago, with…
New York’s mayoral race exposes the deep roots of American Islamophobia | Ahmed Moor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/zohran-mamdani-islamophobia-new-york-mayor
Published: July 18, 2025 12:00
Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani are a reminder of the difference between individual and structural prejudiceMy only interaction with the FBI came soon after 11 September 2001. A man and woman visited my family’s home in Philadelphia – we had…
This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country | Simon Jenkins
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/fiasco-britain-leak-afghan-superinjunction
Published: July 18, 2025 11:30
Even after Tony Blair’s bungled war, UK leaders still yearned to dominate the world stage. With the lifting of the superinjunction, we can all see where that has ledWhat odds on a public inquiry into the Afghan superinjunction? Gold-plated, judge-led,…
Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list. Why are you so obsessed? Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/donald-trump-maga-jeffrey-epstein-list
Published: July 18, 2025 10:53
It’s the bonfire of the Maga hats. The real mystery is where their wearers got the idea of a paedophile conspiracy from in the first placeYou have to feel for Donald Trump’s Maga base. The one huge secret they didn’t want disclosed was that he actually…
Digested week: Tutting Trump and Maga fans send each other to Coventry | Emma Brockes
Published: July 18, 2025 10:45
Accusers in rolling ‘Epstein files’ revelations could do worse than take a lesson from departing parish priestRightwing American conspiracy theories often circle the drain of lurid abuse stories. So it was quite a twist this week to see the chickens of…
You may not know it, but the Democratic primaries for 2028 are already under way | Osita Nwanevu
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/democrat-presidential-race-2028
Published: July 18, 2025 10:00
Every American presidential campaign is many years in the making. So, what’s the state of the 2028 primary race now?Every American presidential campaign is many years in the making. So, what’s the state of the 2028 Democratic primary race now? The…
Labour shouldn’t fear taxing the rich – the people I work with would welcome it | Stephanie Brobbey
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/labour-wealth-tax-rachel-reeves-super-rich
Published: July 18, 2025 09:00
The UK still holds many attractions for the privileged despite prophecies of a wealth exodus if Rachel Reeves swoopsI’ve worked with the super-rich my whole career. I worked for more than a decade as a lawyer advising high net worth individuals, and many…
Crypto donations could entirely corrupt British politics. Labour must act quickly | Liam Byrne
Published: July 18, 2025 07:00
We need to know who is funding our parties, but this new frontier is custom-built for hostile actors. The elections bill is a good start – but only thatLiam Byrne is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge HillOur party finance rules are riddled with loopholes.…
Why is it so hard for the authorities to win public trust? Maybe because they keep lying to us | Gaby Hinsliff
Published: July 18, 2025 05:00
If it’s not superinjunctions, it’s Epstein files or deepfakes. It’s hard not to be a conspiracy theorist when sometimes they really are out to get youIf you were to invent a scandal expressly to convince conspiracy theorists they were right all along, the…
Turning 35, I don’t have answers but I have learned one thing: we’re all just winging it | Alexander Hurst
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/35-life-answers-adult-lead-character-bref
Published: July 18, 2025 04:00
My adult life seems to be mirroring that of the lead character in Bref, a French comedy about growing up and the things that hold us backWhen I was little I imagined, as most children probably do, that the grownups had things all worked out and someday I…
In Gaza I saw the suffering of children and the heroism of health workers trying to save them | Thienminh Dinh
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/18/gaza-medics-healthcare-workers-heroism
Published: July 17, 2025 23:43
If our leaders allow this massacre to pass without consequence or condemnation, it will reveal a disturbing truth about what the world is willing to acceptGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeroism is no longer an abstract concept…
What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits | Christine Huebner
Published: July 17, 2025 16:53
They turn out at high rates and are engaged, but don’t expect electoral shocks – they’re as politically diverse as anyoneThe government has announced it will lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections in time for the next general election. In 1969,…
Bluster, bullying, suspensions – this is no way to run the Labour party | Polly Toynbee
Published: July 17, 2025 15:20
Keir Starmer has made a mess of dealing with this rebellion. Perhaps Tony Blair could give him some tipsThis is a sign of weakness, not strength. To suspend four MPs for rebellion suggests a lack of authority and a lack of nerve, not a sense of confidence.…
Archimedes knew the golden power of boredom – so why can’t we stop bringing our phones into the bathroom? | Miski Omar
Published: July 17, 2025 15:00
Being bored used to be a superpower, but now we have dopamine on loop to keep us endlessly occupiedArchimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, was tasked with solving a tricky problem for King Hiero II of Syracuse. The story goes that the…
What do the Afghan leaks tell us about state secrecy in Britain? We’re entering a dangerous era | Theo Burges
Published: July 17, 2025 14:43
This superinjunction shows how easy it could be for a government to avoid proper scrutiny when ‘national security’ is invokedTheo Burges is a criminal barrister with a focus on national security lawsThis week, a British high court judge lifted a…
I hate to be the scowling lesbian at the feast – but here’s what worries me about the new Austen adaptations | Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/jane-austen-adaptations-woman-man-marriage
Published: July 17, 2025 12:42
I love Jane Austen. But a fresh revival of the idea that what a woman needs most is to marry a man is the last thing we needWhat is the main lesson we take away from Jane Austen? I know novels aren’t manuals, but the Austen industry encourages a certain…
Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite | Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/republicans-abortions-dobbs-births
Published: July 17, 2025 12:00
The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop offDobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the US supreme court case that rescinded the constitutional right to abortion,…
The British-German conversation deserves more than tired old cliches. Over to you, Merz and Starmer | John Kampfner
Published: July 17, 2025 10:00
The chancellor’s first London visit is an opportunity for a modernising reset – on business, defence and even school tripsLook at the Germany shelf of your local British bookshop and, if one exists at all, it will almost certainly be filled with tomes…
Could Trump be persuaded to save Palestinians in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/trump-palestinians-gaza
Published: July 17, 2025 10:00
It seems paradoxical to look to Trump to save Palestinians, yet no recent US president has been better placed to stop IsraelIt seems paradoxical to look to Donald Trump to save the Palestinians, yet no recent American president has been better placed to…
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/water-bills-filthy-rivers-drought-water-crisis
Published: July 17, 2025 05:00
In its refusal to renationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the countryFor a rich and fairly stable country, we are staggeringly ill-prepared for climate shocks. We respond to predictable crises…
Why has it taken a decade to exhume the bodies of the 800 dead babies of Tuam? | Caelainn Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/exhume-800-dead-babies-tuam-ireland-justice
Published: July 17, 2025 04:00
The mass exhumation in Ireland is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from overA young girl played on a swing near a mass grave as the names of hundreds of children who died in a mother-and-baby institution in Ireland were…
Protecting the environment has always made economic sense. Now we have proof | Nicki Hutley
Published: July 17, 2025 02:52
The failures of our environmental protection laws mean we are not only failing nature but also undermining productivity – at a huge costLeft to their own devices, humans often make stupid choices. This is, perhaps, most amusingly summed up in the viral…
Tasmania is limping towards an election nobody wants. Will the state have a working government? | Robert Hortle for the Conversation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/tasmania-election-campaign-state-government
Published: July 17, 2025 01:34
If – as seems likely – Tasmania ends up with another hung parliament, it will fall to MPs to move beyond point scoring and gamesmanship• Will this weekend’s election end the political chaos in Tasmania? – Full Story podcastIn the darkest and coldest months…
Will Nigel Farage’s attempt to copy and paste Trump’s policies work in the UK? | Samuel Earle
Published: July 16, 2025 15:22
The Reform leader is trying to import Doge’s cuts to spending and ‘DEI’. It’s clear what he gets out of it – not so much the British voterA popular maxim on the American right is that politics is downstream from culture. In the UK, it increasingly feels…
As we race headlong into our glorious AI-powered future, are we on the road to Idiocracy? | Peter Lewis
Published: July 16, 2025 15:00
Self-serving policy is not the worst of the OpenAI blueprint. It is the fact that this massive corporation purports to set our future agenda at allAs we race headlong into our glorious AI-powered future, a long-forgotten flick from the naughties is gaining…
Rachel Reeves is hoping deregulation will save the economy. We know how that ends | Larry Elliott
Published: July 16, 2025 14:42
The chancellor’s emollient speech to City bosses this week was alarming. There are better ways to revive Britain’s fortunesRachel Reeves was in full Iron Lady mode when she delivered her Mansion House speech to the City’s finest this week. Regulation was…
All aboard the Nike Northern line? Why corporate takeovers of London's tube are a terrible idea | Oliver Wainwright
Published: July 16, 2025 11:00
Transport for London’s call for sponsorship of the Waterloo & City line throws out the network’s founding principles of public service and good design Continue reading...
What should Jewish New Yorkers make of Zohran Mamdani? | Beth Miller and Jo-Ann Mort
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/jewish-new-yorkers-zohran-mamdani
Published: July 16, 2025 11:00
Jo-Ann Mort and Beth Miller go head to head on Zohran MamdaniWhile headlines would have you believe otherwise, Jewish New Yorkers supported Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary in droves. We showed up because our communities want…
America’s famed ‘checks-and-balances’ governance system is failing | Jan-Werner Müller
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/checks-balances-failing-trump-supreme-court
Published: July 16, 2025 10:00
We need counterstrategies against the Trumpists’ usurpation of what should remain separate powersIt has been said many times, but saying it appears to have no consequences: our system of checks and balances is failing. The US supreme court allowing the…
Medical charlatans have existed through history. But AI has turbocharged them | Edna Bonhomme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/medical-charlatans-ai-health-policy-tech
Published: July 16, 2025 09:00
When AI is (badly) informing health policy and enabling bad actors, it’s time to regulate the tech companiesNearly a year into parenting, I’ve relied on advice and tricks to keep my baby alive and entertained. For the most part, he’s been agile and…
Teenage pregnancy rates are a barometer of Britain’s progress. The tale they now tell is not reassuring | Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/britain-legacy-austerity-teenage-pregnancy
Published: July 16, 2025 07:00
Years of austerity have destroyed the web of services that tackled this complex problem. Compared to our European neighbours, we are failingIt takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism. Think where we would…
Trump isn't a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin's propaganda | Rafael Behr
Published: July 16, 2025 05:00
There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the Kremlin may come to regret testing his patienceBefore Donald Trump was a politician he was a property tycoon. Naturally, he thought he could fix the Ukraine war with a…
No more card surcharges: what the Reserve Bank’s proposed changes mean for your wallet | Angel Zhong
Published: July 16, 2025 00:04
For consumers, eliminating surcharges could mark the end of hidden payment fees. But success will require meaningful competition, transparency and vigilance That extra 10c on your morning coffee. That $2 surcharge on your taxi ride. The sneaky 1.5% fee…
The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake | Editorial
Published: July 15, 2025 17:40
Israel’s military blamed the deaths of six Palestinian children on Sunday on a technical error. But a staggering toll continues to mountOn Sunday, an Israeli strike killed six Palestinian children – and four adults – as they queued for water in a refugee…
Afghans have been betrayed yet again by this shocking UK data leak – and many don’t even know if they’re affected | Diane Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/afghanistan-uk-data-leak-taliban-britain
Published: July 15, 2025 17:06
This isn’t the first time Afghans brave enough to work against the Taliban have been let down by Britain, but it might be the most shamefulThe headline figures are eye-watering. Up to 100,000 Afghans could have been placed at risk after a British soldier,…
New research shows a blindingly simple new procedure can help save children’s lives in emergency departments | Ranjana Srivastava
Published: July 15, 2025 15:00
Caregiver concern should be labelled a vital sign. We must build robust medical systems that respond quicklyAn eight-year-old child attends her last day of school before Easter holidays, plays with her siblings, has dinner and gets ice-cream. The next day…
In Trump’s game of chicken, the EU cannot afford to back down | Nathalie Tocci
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/trump-chicken-eu-european-union-tariffs-us
Published: July 15, 2025 14:28
When threatened with US tariffs, Europe was initially bullish. But the influence of nationalist leaders sympathetic to Trump has caused a splitDonald Trump’s trade policy has been labelled “Taco” – “Trump always chickens out” – by his critics. But when it…
Does Kash Patel deserve to run the FBI? Of course he does – and I’ll take a lie detector test to prove it | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: July 15, 2025 12:31
He may be insecure and lack any obvious qualifications, but he’s also extremely devoted to Donald Trump. And isn’t that what really matters?‘Once upon a time, in the land of the free, there lived a wizard called Kash the Distinguished Discoverer.” That…
Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham
Published: July 15, 2025 10:30
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every wayBritain’s uplands are dying. What should be some of the very best places for nature are the absolute worst. Across vast…
The BBC has alienated everyone with its Gaza coverage. After this latest failure, who will be left to defend it? | Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/bbc-alienated-everyone-gaza-bias
Published: July 15, 2025 09:51
The decision to take Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone off iPlayer was not necessary – and has opened it up to further accusations of biasFor a genocide to occur, everything that people think is wrong has to first be turned on its head. There have been…
Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/britain-disabled-people-right-food-politics
Published: July 15, 2025 05:00
Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this?There is a longstanding practice in UK politics and media to force disabled people to fight for their basic rights – a…
Women born in East Germany have lived between two worlds. That’s why we’re shaking up art and politics | Carolin Würfel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/east-germany-women-art-politics-gdr
Published: July 15, 2025 04:00
The stories of curator Kathleen Reinhardt and provenance expert Lynn Rother show how exclusion can be turned to powerful insightIn February 1990, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran the headline “Why are they still coming?”, adding: “In West Germany,…
Homelessness is a driver of poor health in Australia – so why not make housing part of healthcare? | Ehsan Noroozinejad
Published: July 15, 2025 00:50
Programs to address homelessness have the potential to practically pay for themselves through government savings on health and justice spendingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPicture a GP clinic in western Sydney. Nadia*, 34, is…
Antisemitism happens – it’s bad! But there are already a gazillion anti-protest laws. Do we need more? | First Dog on the Moon
Published: July 14, 2025 22:39
It’s not unreasonable or racist to protest against genocideSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
In Gaza, we know why Israel wants to herd us all into one camp – our lives are bargaining chips | Nour Abo Aisha
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/14/gaza-israel-camp-attacks-rafah-hamas
Published: July 14, 2025 18:15
We’ve fled the attacks again and again. Now Israel plans to force us into the ruins of Rafah in order to increase pressure on HamasAfter 21 months of war, the Israeli minister of defence, Israel Katz, has proposed a new initiative to force all Palestinians…
‘Neoliberalism lite’ is no solution to Australia’s cost-of-living and productivity crises. We must curb wealth concentration | Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, John Buchanan
Published: July 14, 2025 15:00
The upcoming productivity roundtable must accept this as a systemic risk, and confront it directlyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith a national productivity roundtable on the horizon, Anthony Albanese is seeking answers to…
I was on New York’s rent board. Zohran Mamdani’s ideas aren’t pie in the sky | Leah Goodridge
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/14/new-york-rent-freeze-zohran-mamdani
Published: July 14, 2025 12:00
The Democratic mayoral candidate has faced controversy over his calls for a rent freeze. But the plan has plenty of precedent During the New York City mayoral primary campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for a citywide rent freeze became a contentious…
The right wants us to think Britain is on the verge of ethnic conflict. The truth is worse than that | John Merrick
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/14/britain-ethnic-conflict-right-migrant-decline
Published: July 14, 2025 10:14
In blaming problems on migrant ‘outsiders’, prophets of decline are paving the way for harder borders and mass deportationsJune 2025 was a now typical month for the British press. It began when, on Tuesday 3 June, the Telegraph’s Sam Ashworth-Hayes and…
Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts
Published: July 14, 2025 07:00
We have warned the government repeatedly: the response has been pathetic. Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocideDr Natalie Roberts is the executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières UKOur colleague Abdullah Hammad was…
Australia’s multiculturalism lives mostly on the surface. Inclusion without voice is tokenism | Shadi Khan Saif
Published: July 14, 2025 00:51
Migrants want more than just celebration of their cultures; they want to be part of decision-makingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe first thing that hit me when I landed in Melbourne from Kabul wasn’t the city’s famously…
The Guardian view on Brics growing up: A new bloc seeks autonomy – and eyes a post-western order | Editorial
Published: July 13, 2025 17:30
The expanding group of emerging powers is building new rules, new tools and a shared industrial future – with or without Donald TrumpThe Brics summit in Brazil last week revealed a loose alliance of emerging powers becoming more complex – and perhaps more…
Devotional practices are core to world religions – and fan culture – but they are no longer for me | Jackie Bailey
Published: July 13, 2025 15:00
The ‘power of love’, as Celine Dion sang, keeps devotion at the centre of worship. Now that I’ve left behind institutional religion, it feels blasphemous• Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday…
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/glastonbury-england-silent-majority-politics
Published: July 13, 2025 11:51
Orthodox politics no longer represents how people feel about the world. Sooner or later, something will have to giveIt was a hot day in July, but the headlines felt as if they could have come from any day over the last six months. While the dependably…
Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings? | Eric Morrison-Smith and David Turner III
Published: July 13, 2025 11:00
The response to the demonstrations fell short. But they marked the beginning of a new era that calls for actionFive years ago, the entire world changed when we saw George Floyd’s body on the pavement, a knee pressed into his neck – a murder, in broad…
When women fight: Taylor v Serrano and the meaning of choice in the ring
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/13/katie-taylor-amanda-serrano-trilogy-glory-risk
Published: July 13, 2025 09:00
The first all-female card at MSG ended with a quiet finale to a great trilogy. But its legacy is loud: a reckoning with risk, glory, and the radical idea that women can choose bothThere are two salient pictures of the Katie Taylor–Amanda Serrano trilogy:…
I don’t plan to have children. That doesn’t mean I want them banished from my life | Rachel Connolly
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/children-life-britain-birthrate-public-spaces
Published: July 13, 2025 07:00
As Britain’s birthrate falls, hostility towards children in public spaces seems to be rising. That’s sad for all of usIt struck me recently that, as a woman in my 30s, I am almost never asked about my plans to have children. Even in the few instances I…
What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question – and it must be answered urgently | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/ukraine-europe-donald-trump-nato
Published: July 13, 2025 05:00
Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step upFor 40 cruel and bloody months, Ukraine has fought the Russian invader. Since February 2022, when Moscow’s full-scale, countrywide…
What happened to the Liberal party of Menzies? They became obsessed with virtue-signalling | Frank Bongiorno
Published: July 12, 2025 20:00
Robert Menzies knew the Australian people craved security and prosperity – not button-holing statements made by that one weird neighbour we all avoidRead the other in Where to for Australia’s centre rightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
World must be more wary than ever of China’s growing economic power
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/12/world-more-wary-china-growing-economic-powe
Published: July 12, 2025 16:00
Autocratic regime is malign actor on world stage and its efforts to undermine others’ economic resources must be limitedChina is pulling every lever at its disposal to counter Donald Trump’s economic blockade, and it’s working.Trade is recovering after the…
Forget Javanka: Lerica is the new Trump power couple | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/12/eric-lara-trump-ivanka-jared-kushner
Published: July 12, 2025 13:00
Lara Trump, a Fox News host, is said to be mulling a Senate run. The Republican National Committee chair can’t waitOnce upon a time, before she retired to Florida, Ivanka Trump reportedly had her sights set on being the first female US president. According…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Trump’s surreal brand of stylized cruelty | Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/12/alligator-alcatraz-trump-cruelty
Published: July 12, 2025 11:00
Immigrants are living in brutal conditions at the Florida detention camp, built on a sense of scripted unrealityThe concentration camp seems to have been erected largely for the sake of a photoshoot. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis – eager to rehabilitate…
Collectors can fight to pay £7m for a Birkin – but the ‘it’ handbag is no longer cool | Lauren Cochrane
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/12/fashion-jane-birkin-bag-prices
Published: July 12, 2025 10:00
As prices have ratcheted up, the bag created for Jane Birkin has lost its bohemian edge and its fashion appealThe news that Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag has sold for a record-breaking €8.6m (£7.4m) at auction will no doubt cause some jaws to drop to…
There’s an art to staging a comeback. But the best artists know when it’s time to take a pause | Larry Ryan
Published: July 12, 2025 09:00
An LCD Soundsystem reunion, the Sex and the City reboot, Oasis back on stage: is this welcome revival culture, or a cynical money grab?When the comedian Marc Maron announced he would soon end his pioneering interview podcast WTF – famed over nearly 16…
Yes, Israel’s plan for Rafah would be a crime – but international law has never protected Gaza | Raja Shehadeh
Published: July 12, 2025 05:00
Palestinians continue to hold on to the practice we call sumoud – refusing to give up or leave – despite the world turning its back on usOver the past 21 long months of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, voices all over the world have decried the demise of…
Young people don’t feel part of the EU – and they’re right | Francesco Grillo
Published: July 12, 2025 04:00
Its remote, top-down structures need a fresh, citizen-led approach fit for the digital age. Let’s start by extending Erasmus to school-goersThe former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi produced his much-awaited prescription for how to reboot Europe’s…
The solar battery rebate has arrived – here’s how to steer clear of scammers
Published: July 12, 2025 00:00
In 2008, consumers were treated to dodgy operators and rubbish inverters during the solar boom. Don’t let history repeat itself this time aroundGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailThis month the new federal…
Zohran Mamdani’s videos are a masterclass. Eric Adams’ posts are getting more bizarre | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/zohran-mamdani-videos-eric-adams
Published: July 11, 2025 16:19
The New York City mayor is sharing more on Instagram lately, and it’s hard not to see Mamdani’s elite TikTok strategy as the reason whyEric Adams, possible resident of New Jersey and mayor of New York City, is a man of many talents. He is the city’s “most…
Starmer had a chance to thwart the smuggling gangs – with ‘one in, one out’, he has bottled it | Diane Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/keir-starmer-smuggling-gangs-one-in-one-out
Published: July 11, 2025 15:55
This messy policy won’t deter desperate asylum seekers. It’s more likely to have been created to appease the likes of Nigel FarageFor years, human rights campaigners have been calling for safe routes to the UK for asylum seekers to prevent them from taking…
We’ve become inured to Trump’s outbursts – but when he goes quiet, we need to be worried | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/donald-trump-us-police-state-democracy
Published: July 11, 2025 15:48
Across the US, without soundbites or stunts, the president is building a police state and eroding democracyIn the global attention economy, one titan looms over all others. Donald Trump can command the gaze of the world at a click of those famously short…
Australia’s current childcare funding model risks failing our most precious people | Zoe Daniel
Published: July 11, 2025 15:00
The government’s childcare priority should be on safety and wellbeing, not profitWhen you attach profit to caring, you create a problem.We don’t need yet another series of reviews and reports to tell us that when you rely on the blunt-force of the market,…
The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler
Published: July 11, 2025 15:00
The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreachOne must acknowledge the remarkably effective Jewish community organisations in Australia behind the latest antisemitism report. Collectively, with their…
Doge wants to replace our institutions with a tech utopia. It won’t work | Mike Pepi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/doge-silicon-valley-tech-utopia
Published: July 11, 2025 14:00
Silicon Valley’s final dream is a world without institutions. But what works for a startup doesn’t work for democracyElon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little “efficiency” to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than real…
A rightwing minister told Sweden to get tough on crime – until his own son was caught in a Nazi scandal | Martin Gelin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/sweden-minister-right-crime-scandal
Published: July 11, 2025 13:35
In our current political climate, why is migration minister Johan Forssell surprised that a teenage boy might be drawn to extremism?Before the elections next year, Sweden’s conservative government has been eager to avoid accusations of racism or…
A bit like AI, Elon Musk seems custom-built to undermine everything good and true in the world | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/elon-musk-ai-grok-nazi-meltdown
Published: July 11, 2025 13:00
The Nazi meltdown of the tech billionaire’s bot Grok leaves me asking: is this post-truth rock bottom, or have we further to go?Grok, Elon Musk’s X-integrated AI bot, had a Nazi meltdown on Tuesday. It’s useful to recap it fully, not because the content is…
Reeves’s tears and standing room only for Macron’s Westminster speech | John Crace
Published: July 11, 2025 11:16
Crying in the Commons is not unusual – unless the chancellor is doing it – as attention turns to Trump’s state visitIn all of the coverage given to Rachel Reeves’s tears during last week’s prime minister’s questions, one thing got rather overlooked. Crying…
Right, the underpants are off! It’s time I, Gregg Wallace, had my say | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/gregg-wallace-bbc-masterchef
Published: July 11, 2025 10:00
I am almost literally medically incapable of staying in my trousers. So who’s really to blame here – me or the BBC?I was born in the year 1964, which means I am exactly on the cusp between boomer and generation X. This is more than a fascinating fact about…
The BDS movement turns 20. It’s an essential pillar of Palestinian freedom | Omar Barghouti
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/bds-movement-palestine-freedom
Published: July 11, 2025 10:00
The BDS movement is today a pillar in the struggle for Palestinian freedom, justice and equalityDo no harm, a principle that many associate with the medical practice, has become a fundamental ethical principle of global solidarity the Boycott, Divestment…
Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is the ultimate betrayal of his base | Sidney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/trump-big-beautiful-bill
Published: July 11, 2025 10:00
The measure exposes the most elaborate charade in recent US political history. But betrayal is Trump’s operating principleDonald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, which will eviscerate the living standards, healthcare and aspirations of his white,…
US set to be host to biggest sporting events with guests it doesn’t want | Emma John
Published: July 11, 2025 08:03
Donald Trump is closing the borders even though the World Cup and 2028 Olympics will take place in his countryCall it big, beautiful timing. On Tuesday, Fifa announced it had taken an office in Trump Tower. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced he would…
The doctors’ strike threatens to scupper the NHS's big turnaround – this time, the BMA has overreached | Polly Toynbee
Published: July 11, 2025 07:00
Britain is now a poorer country, with stagnant growth. In this pay climate, the doctors are in danger of seeing public support ebb awayGood news and bad news for the NHS this week. Waiting lists are falling a bit faster: May’s figures, out yesterday, show…
Australia must combat antisemitism, but not simply defer to demands of some voices | Ben Saul
Published: July 11, 2025 05:41
The special envoy’s plan will never be effective if it tackles only the symptoms and refuses to acknowledge let alone address a key driverAustralians should be appalled by the rise in antisemitism, including arson, vandalism, assaults, abuse and threats.…
Why is Labour so afraid to admit that we must tax the rich to help the poor? | Andy Beckett
Published: July 11, 2025 05:00
There have been modest redistributive reforms, but the party of the workers still daren’t admit that Britain’s rampant inequality needs to be addressedAfter 125 years of practice, Labour ought to be good at saying why resources should be redistributed from…
Welcome to Prime Day, when thousands of product thumbnails blur together to form a giant pile of garbage | Anna Spargo-Ryan
Published: July 11, 2025 00:17
I love a sale – but scrolling the list of Amazon’s deals is overwhelming to the point of deliriumI’m a simple girl. My idea of fun is an annual event in which people are crushed in pursuit of half-price Christmas decorations. But those days have passed.…
Thirty years ago we said never again, Srebrenica. How much longer before we declare: never again, Gaza? | Ed Husic
Published: July 10, 2025 23:18
When it comes to the horrors of genocide we say these words with an ironic frequency. How do we short-circuit the re-run of this pitiful, shameful cycle?Today will be a hard day for Sydneysider Mirela Muratovic, a survivor of the only recognised genocide…
The Guardian view on Ukraine’s future: Putin may be gaining ground, but he is not winning | Editorial
Published: July 10, 2025 18:01
As Russia intensifies its brutal assault, morale is battered but unbroken. European solidarity must remain strong tooEuropean leaders gathered in Rome on Thursday for a conference on Ukrainian recovery, but endurance remains the priority. Russia has…
Yes, the problem is men like Gregg Wallace – but it’s also those who should stop them and don’t | Gaby Hinsliff
Published: July 10, 2025 17:00
Agents, employers, board members all have a moral and legal duty to make people behave decently. If not now, when?It was only a handful of “middle-class women of a certain age”. That’s how the MasterChef host Gregg Wallace originally dismissed his…
Netanyahu is playing Trump with his ridiculous Nobel peace prize nomination | Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/netanyahu-trump-nobel-peace-prize-nomination
Published: July 10, 2025 16:00
There’s a cynical logic behind Netanyahu’s publicity stunt: he is exploiting Trump’s need for flattery to prolong Israel’s brutal war on Gaza “Benjamin Netanyahu nominates Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize”– that headline seems to have been pulled…
First jobs, first love and a serve of minimum chips | Nova Weetman
Published: July 10, 2025 15:00
Our teenage jobs are generally far from glamorous but one of the pleasures of writing a book is the chance to do it all again – only betterMy first part-time job was in a small continental delicatessen at the Ringwood Market. I worked Friday nights and…
Oasis and Black Sabbath are filling stadiums. But where’s the next wave of working-class rock stars? | Dan Cave
Published: July 10, 2025 14:08
Ageing music legends are thriving, but we are making it too hard for young talent to break throughBritain, this summer at least, is going ballistic for the biggest bands from back in the day. The jubilance for the coming-back-together of Oasis and Black…
With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Published: July 10, 2025 12:47
Terms like ‘deglobalisation’ have become commonplace, but what we need is true multilateralism. Erecting walls won’t bring us peace and prosperityLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of BrazilThe year 2025 should be a time of celebration, marking…
Bhutan tried to erase us. Now, Trump’s America is helping | Lok Darjee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/bhutan-refugees-trump-america
Published: July 10, 2025 12:00
The administration has deported over two dozen refugees back to the very nation that tried to erase us. Democrats must speak upIn mid-March 2025, I sat quietly in the back of a small, crowded room at the Asian Refugees United center in Harrisburg,…
Think you know Trump’s new bill? Try this big, beautiful quiz | Lawrence Douglas
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/trump-bill-big-beautiful-quiz
Published: July 10, 2025 10:00
The legislation may be the most regressive tax measure in US history – but at least Ice should be happy Continue reading...
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