From Target to Disney, 2025 proved boycotts work. Here’s how to build on them | Michael Shank
The US was founded on boycotts of British imports. As we mark the country’s 250th anniversary, that spirit is alive and well This year, as the United States commemorates the…
The Guardian view on the future of cinema: gen Z is falling in love with the big screen | Editorial
Film is in a state of existential crisis. But a new generation of cinephiles might save it from the streaming giants “It was from a weekly visit to the cinema…
The global rule of law is not collapsing – Trump is the lone problem and he can be defeated | Simon Tisdall
The president’s approval ratings are plummeting and most Americans see him as an aberration. It is now up to them to curtail his despotic reign Donald Trump is a monster,…
Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous
I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters By 8 January, Iran’s anti-regime protests…
Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going | Peter Beinhart
In his fresh intoxication with global conquest, Trump is following an established pattern – one that promises disaster To many observers, Donald Trump’s open bellicosity – his threats to attack…
Advantage China: Trump’s tantrums push US allies closer to Beijing
In the search for stability, some western nations are turning to a country that many in Washington see as an existential threat If geopolitics relies at least in part on…
Imagine review – profound conversations meet trippy visuals in one-of-a-kind adventure
Taika Waititi, Yael Stone and Ian Thorpe are among the big names lending voices to this ‘chaotically strange’ animation drawing on Indigenous perspectives Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email…
When the world prays the solitary and individual becomes communal and universal | Ali Hammoud
Is prayer not that which unites different faith traditions and stretches across the vast expanse of history? Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can…
I long to have a stay-at-home son. Thankfully, there’s a little guy who will never leave me | Emma Beddington
A surprise family member – a sweet, youthful tortoise – is staving off my maternal hunger pangs after our human offspring recently decamped It feels pathetic to admit this, but…
Sam Altman’s make-or-break year: can the OpenAI CEO cash in his bet on the future?
Altman’s campaigning for his company coincides with its use of enormous present resources to serve an imagined future Sam Altman has claimed over the years that the advancement of AI…