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Perhaps gran’s grudge against Jimmy Carter explains why Edward, 14th in line, was sent

Legislation to protect children in the digital realm is essential. But if it results in the loss of small cycling and cancer-care forums, something’s gone wrong

Countries that cherish democratic values need to take a stand against the president-elect’s throwback to unabashed American expansionism

In another era, the outgoing president would have made a great cold war leader. Instead, his tenure was dogged by errors, naivety and overcaution

Elon Musk, one of the brightest minds of his generation, is saying it, so it must be true

At many points, it looked as if he never would be sentenced. That he was sentenced to nothing, then, is itself a small victory

Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe

Imagine a world in which a cabal of extreme libertarian oligarchs operated with complete impunity. In which they did what they liked on a private island outside the reach of the law, operated a uniformed militia, and saw ordinary people as subhuman “trash” whose struggles for survival only have value…

There is a narrow window. Public media and fair reporting must be supported: the rules must be upheld, says writer and academic Emily Bell