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  • Emma Brockes

    Does shooting her puppy rule out Kristi Noem as Trump’s running mate? Don’t bet on it

    Emma Brockes
    Some say the public bragging of the formerly obscure governor of South Dakota ends her chances. But with Trump, who can say, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
  • students sit on grass

    ‘I’m feeling paralysed’: they arrested my friends for protesting on campus

    Grey Battle
  • woman in a red baseball cap outside

    Kristi Noem’s dog-killing embodies the cruel phoneyness of today’s Republicans

    Ryan Busse
  • Cas Mudde

    Why are US campuses facing an orgy of state repression in the ‘land of the free’?

    Cas Mudde
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Close-up of man wearing suit

    What will happen if the ICC charges Netanyahu with war crimes?

    Kenneth Roth
  • Stunning police brutality will ignite a student anti-war movement in America

    Joan Donovan
  • Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

    Simon Tisdall
  • Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women

    Moira Donegan
  • USC vetoed a Muslim student’s graduation speech for her pro-Palestinian views. Why?

    Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
  • Is Connor Hubbard the most boring man on the internet?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

    Judith Levine
  • The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet

    Moira Donegan
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  • Simon Jenkins

    Schools should bond communities: faith schools divide them. Why are ministers making that worse?

    Simon Jenkins
  • Messy old letters in a pile

    We know there are many benefits to writing by hand – in a digital world we risk losing them

    Nova Weetman
    Handwriting makes us better writers, free of the suggestions of spelling and grammar apps, and it represents something of our personalities
  • Polly Toynbee

    The right’s Brexit ‘bonfire of red tape’ was just wind and smoke. And even Tories want more regulation now

    Polly Toynbee
  • A nation desperate for integrity in public life has found it in Ronnie O’Sullivan and snooker. Who knew?

    Simon Hattenstone
  • Why are billionaires scared of Brazil’s plan to hit them with a global tax? Because it makes perfect sense

    Larry Elliott
  • Nearly 3,000 people are languishing in jail unfairly. We must set them free

    Bob Neill
  • Consider the toxicity Sadiq Khan has faced as mayor. If he wins again, what a credit to him and London

    Zoe Williams
  • I never thought people like me voted for the far right. I was wrong

    Khuê Phạm
  • There’s one question domestic violence victims often hear

  • The SNP failed as an activist party. If it becomes a competent governing force, it may have a chance

    Martin Kettle
  • Goodbye, Bonza airlines, you were taken from us too soon. Thank you for saying g’day even when my flight was delayed

    Vivienne Pearson
  • Tents at Everest base camp.

    The Observer view on overtourism: sometimes, the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited

  • The Brics summit in Johannesburg on 23 August 2023, L to R: Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s president Xi Jinping, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian PM Narendra Modi and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

    The Guardian view on globalisation’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the rich

    • Donald Trump in court on 22 April 2024

      The Guardian view on arming Ukraine: US Congress votes against appeasement

    • People inspect the wreckage of a partially collapsed building due to Israeli bombardment in Gaza on 18 April 2024

      The Guardian view on the catastrophe in Gaza: it must not be overshadowed by the Iran crisis

    • Narendra Modi holds up a mace during an election campaign rally in Agartala, India

      The Guardian view on India’s election: fixing a win by outlawing dissent damages democracy

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