The GuardianOpinion After the Obama disappointment, black voters want more than empty symbolism The Guardian - Malaika JabaliThe lines in my DeKalb county, Georgia, polling site wrapped around the corner. Each of the hopeful voters in our predominantly black election district waited about two hours, alternately sitting, standing
The GuardianDonald Trump Trade sanctions are Trump’s weapon of choice in a dangerous new world conflict The Guardian - Simon JenkinsThe US has also turned its back on collective discipline or arbitration. Trump sees trade as a knife fight Is this the new war? After hot war and cold war comes trade war, Trump-style. The latest battle
The GuardianOpinion The polls are ignoring a crucial factor in this election: minority voters The Guardian - Omar KhanWhat would happen if all the analysis of this election omitted Scotland? Or if the polls that increasingly inform our understanding and analysis of politics decided it wasn’t worth examining the views
The GuardianOpinion Forget leaflets: this election may be decided by shifting populations The Guardian - Gaby HinsliffWhat is the point of political campaigning? It’s bordering on heresy even to ask this question, let alone to suggest that six manic weeks of battle buses and TV debates and leaflets destined only for recycling
The GuardianOpinion The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s constitutional changes: he cannot be trusted The Guardian - EditorialIn the context of one of the most worrying threats to liberty and the constitution in decades, the future of John Bercow may seem a petty matter. Yet if you seek a small indication of how a Boris Johnson
The GuardianOpinion The Guardian view on Bolivia: respect the people The Guardian - EditorialThe crisis that toppled Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, last month has – for now, at least – settled into a political conflict rather than a struggle on the streets. But Bolivia’s prospects depend upon
The GuardianHousing Sajid Javid got it wrong on homelessness. It’s been rising since 2010 The Guardian - Polly NeateThankfully our national housing emergency is finally taking its rightful place as one of the top issues in this general election. Over the course of recent weeks – and years – it has risen up the agenda
The GuardianOpinion Everyone should watch The Report. Take it from a Guantánamo Bay lawyer The Guardian - Clive Stafford SmithHere’s a quiz question: how many famous songs, or films, can you name that address the serious contemporary issues of torture and rendition? There aren’t many. When I think of music in connection with
The GuardianOpinion Uber’s new loan program could trap drivers in cycles of crushing debt The Guardian - Veena DubalThe program also has the potential to drag drivers into a new, highly predatory financial system Under the guise of giving its drivers more access to the banking and financial system, Uber has quietly
The GuardianOpinion There are plenty of ways to have your night – and career – ruined at the office Christmas party The Guardian - Brigid DelaneyIt’s Christmas party season and by now HR should have sent an all-staff email warning you that “it is a work function and an appropriate standard of conduct is expected”. Much of the focus is (rightly)
The GuardianOpinion Why is Michael Bloomberg silencing the press? Because it's his plaything The Guardian - Hamilton NolanAmong the many socially damaging things about the existence of billionaires is the fact that the ego of a single person with billions of dollars can exert more influence than the collective wisdom of of
The GuardianOpinion What's it like to stand stark naked on the world stage? Ask Donald Trump The Guardian - Richard WolffeYou know that classic nightmare where you’re at work and everyone is talking but none of them say the obvious: you’re stark naked. Donald Trump is living that hellacious dream every time he steps in front
The GuardianOpinion What sort of country would tolerate child poverty rising to 40%? Maybe the UK The Guardian - Polly ToynbeeOf all the destructions of the dismal decade, history will surely judge the deliberate downgrading of children the most perverse. “Our children are our future” used to be a tired old bromide trotted out
The GuardianOpinion Put Britain’s colonial history on the curriculum – then we’ll know who we really are The Guardian - Maya GoodfellowIf we were taught about colonial history in school, we’d learn that many who came here from colonies did so as citizens My mum came to the UK from India in 1973, after a chunk of time spent in Uganda,
The GuardianDonald Trump I’m innocent but still in Guantánamo because Trump is denying me justice The Guardian - Ahmed RabbaniStuck in Guantánamo Bay detention camp, year after year, I often wonder if I will ever get my “day in court”. Not as a defendant – I have never been charged with a crime – but as a claimant seeking redress
The GuardianOpinion The Tories do have policies. They just don’t want you to know what they are The Guardian - Owen JonesA cursory glance through the Tory manifesto would suggest a party bereft of ideas, with little meaningful or relevant to say about the challenges confronting a crisis-stricken society. “Get Brexit done”
The GuardianOpinion Nato is not braindead. But it does need a shot of adrenaline The Guardian - Michael H FuchsEurope and the United States are under attack from Russian active measures to undermine democracy Donald Trump threw a tantrum at the Nato summit and packed up his toys and left the party early. Another
The GuardianOpinion The London Bridge attack was an assault on the ideas of hope and rehabilitation The Guardian - Jake ThoroldFor those of us involved with the Learning Together community, the deaths of our friends and colleagues Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones have been hard to bear. This has been made even harder by our sense
The GuardianOpinion It’s fashionable to be ‘politically homeless’. But it’s also callous and detached The Guardian - Phil McDuffI am not, and never have been, one of the cool kids. I was a nerd into Christian rock at school. I love a good Excel spreadsheet. And in 2019 I am resolutely, unfashionably, not politically homeless. is,
The GuardianPolitics Why do some men consider talking about pregnancy ‘too much’? The Guardian - Terri WhiteWhen I read the message from the man on Twitter, I felt the instant inching of shame. It wasn’t what you would call rude. If he was asked, he would probably have called it “helpful”. “You mention you’re
The GuardianOpinion If pollsters want us to trust their results they need to lose the secrecy The Guardian - Teddy GrovesElection campaigns are always full of statistical discord, but this one has been particularly acrimonious. Misleading bar charts, selective publication, dubious tactical voting recommendations and outright
The GuardianOpinion Labour has a week to turn this election into a winter war on austerity The Guardian - Frances RyanA decade of austerity has shrunk the British state to such a degree that it is no longer able to fulfil its basic functions. Just ask the cancer patient waiting for treatment or the teacher shutting school
The GuardianApps What is an app? I honestly have no idea The Guardian - Adrian ChilesI’m trying to get my dad to use his iPhone. Being hard of hearing – and I’m going the same way on that front – it would be so much easier to communicate if he could text better. A problem he and my mum
The GuardianDonald Trump He may be a clown, but the threat Boris Johnson poses is deadly serious The Guardian - Aditya ChakraborttyJohnson may be a rogue, but what should worry us is that he is a risk to our economy, society, and democracy Constantly inconstant, Boris Johnson is faithful in at least one area: generating outrage. he
The GuardianEcology We need to protect nature to stand any chance of tackling climate chaos The Guardian - Caroline LucasIt has been heartening to see how the climate emergency has finally risen up the political agenda in recent months. What has had much less attention, but is equally urgent, is the catastrophic decline
The GuardianOpinion I don't have a favourite dog or child. Any more The Guardian - Paul DaleyFriends and family have been emphatic for years whenever I’ve asked: is it OK to have a favourite child? I’ve sometimes followed up with the question: “OK, then, is it OK for me to have a favourite dog?”
The GuardianOpinion Living through endless weeks of dirty air – it does your head in and your lungs The Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
The GuardianOpinion The Liberal Democrats misread the political mood. Yet perhaps not all is lost The Guardian - Martin KettleEvents may shift the numbers. But things could get worse for the party, not just better It used to be an article of faith among Liberal Democrats that general election campaigns would always mean good
The GuardianOpinion Many Americans are ready for a black woman president. Just not Kamala Harris The Guardian - Derecka PurnellSenator Kamala Harris suspended her campaign on Tuesday, citing a lack of financial resources. “I’m not a billionaire,” she penned in a note to staffers. “I can’t fund my own campaign.” Harris has also
