A global youthquake is happening. Promises we made young people have been broken – and they know it | Gordon Brown
Anger and protest have put liberal democracy on trial. It’s vital to understand the rage that now unites a generation We have not yet reached a 1968 moment, when students…
It’s time to block reckless AI IPOs and tax billionaires | Naomi Klein and Ilana Glazer
We cannot let the billionaire class take unprecedented risks with our future America is a divided country in crisis. Despite the sunny economic forecast coming from the Trump administration, millions…
As cancer treatments become more effective, we must ask: what is life like for the people who receive them? | Ranjana Srivastava
Many treatments are now extending lives but the measure of progress should not end with a scan or a survival curve Two decades ago, a dear friend called me in…
The Gilded Age review – what did we do to deserve such a terrible stinker?
Julian Fellowes’ high-society period drama has, somehow, picked up Emmys and reached its fourth series. Poor Meryl Streep must feel so awkward watching her daughter Louisa Jacobson in such a…
I treated Sophie as if she were human. The very next day she betrayed me | Hugh Riminton
I was intrigued by the level of the new chatbot’s training. If I peppered her with questions, would she have answers? Sophie’s voice is lovely. Warm, direct, intelligent. She’s friendly…
‘It’s been a while’: hero’s welcome for UK man after 28-year walk across the world
Former paratrooper Karl Bushby arrives back in Hull and becomes first person to walk continuously across planet After a 28-year odyssey spanning 29 countries, 36,000 miles, facing down polar bears,…
Five dimensional chess: inside James Talarico’s extraordinary bid to break Texas Democrats’ losing streak
The Texan could pull off a historic victory in the Lone Star state, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988 When a young, untested former school teacher stood up…
John Oliver on Maga’s James Talarico smears: ‘middle school level homophobia’
The HBO host called out Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ stunts and Republican Islamophobia in the lead up to the US midterms On his HBO show on Sunday night, John Oliver focused on…
‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers
Stevens’s decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch Democrat Haley Stevens’s shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican Senate…
Trump unveils results of $14m reflecting pool makeover in final appeal before midterms
US president shares delayed results of chaotic renovation on DC site as Americans prepare to head to the polls Donald Trump unveiled the delayed results of his $14m renovation of…