Does Sophie Cunningham benefit from white privilege? Of course she does | Etan Thomas
One of the player’s WNBA rivals said the Fever guard is treated differently from her Black peers. There’s plenty of evidence to back that statement up White privilege. An accusation…
All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu performs solo haka against New Zealand in South Africa tour match
Nonu on Sharks bench after signing for South African side last week ‘I thought it was the right thing to do,’ says 104-cap former All Black South African rugby teams…
Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football
Uefa, Concacaf and AFC working together on system Fifa has ignored calls for an independent review Gianni Infantino’s opponents are working together to produce a new framework for running world…
Australia taking ‘one week at a time’ as mammoth Test schedule begins against Bangladesh
Wicketkeeper Alex Carey says it has been a ‘long winter’ of waiting for the match in Darwin which is the first of at least 20 Tests over the next 12…
What does it say about the UK’s pro-Europeans that they hide their message behind a bin? | Simon Nixon
Voters disillusioned by Brexit should have more options than Nigel Farage or the novelty candidate Count Binface The UK could be forgiven if, like Brenda from Bristol, it feels it…
Trump put a wrecking-ball through the East Wing – and through democratic norms | Francine Prose
Our children should be able to visit our nation’s capital without having to think about Donald Trump and about how much he did to deface it History has shown us…
Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can…
Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell
A recent letter signed by 1,367 researchers and engineers at frontier AI labs – mainly OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Deepmind – points to a dangerous moment It is fashionable in…
Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts | Robert B Shpiner
There’s no evidence that vaccines cause autism, or that we should separate MMR shots. This order is dangerous “This is based on what I feel.” That was the president last…
Malcolm in the middle: what can Labor learn from Turnbull’s doomed attempt to govern from the centre? | Peter Lewis
Ten years after my first Essential column for the Guardian, another centrist government is confronting a global bin fire in the face of a resurgence of populism I wrote my…