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Led by women, queer-friendly, diverse: this model can break so many boundaries. But if we lose spaces to meet in, it can’t happen, says Today in Focus host Nosheen Iqbal

The Barbz have built a parasocial relationship with the rapper – in some cases to their own detriment

Fascism feeds on the arbitrary killings that have long plagued the US. Ending the horror starts with abolishing ICE

The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task, says student Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Their ‘pro-family’ rhetoric is a cynical and hollow sham

The Washington Post – WaPo for short – has inspired journalists of several generations, thanks in part to Hollywood. Two Oscar-nominated movies have been made about the paper and its people. The first was All the President’s Men, based on the story of how the paper broke the mother of…

In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

With three years left and a huge majority, Labour can govern with more humility and deliver real change. But with Starmer at the helm? I can’t see it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

National Archives issues disposal freeze order ahead of royal commission. Plus: ABC News radio’s monumental mix-up

Allowing fair and peaceful criticism of a foreign head of state, even amid a deeply fraught Middle Eastern crisis, is not antisemitism

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The PM is struggling to atone for his colossal misjudgement in appointing Peter Mandelson, but his bigger problem is that the country has simply stopped listening to him