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The latest floods in Kenyan capital Nairobi killed at least 108 people. .

The gentle French garment is now as cursed as the infamous megacorp, which has accumulated $80m in government contracts in Australia alone .

Ken Burns talks to Jacobin about his new documentary, The American Revolution; the ongoing project of 1776; and why the Declaration of Independence was far more than a revolt of slaveholders and the wealthy.

Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions.

A pro-Israel group is set to spend half a million dollars in a California congressional primary to boost the campaign of Jasmeet Bains, who recently walked back comments calling the Gaza war a genocide. .

The system’s power is comparable to others – but it still has frightening implications for the future of hacking.

Facing the prospect of paying a bit more in taxes, billionaires are responding calmly and rationally: by calling themselves a marginalized, oppressed minority group being traumatized.

Trump’s ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, and we are already seeing the effects of his failure playing out.

As trust in media craters and revenue dries up, legacy news outlets are filling their feeds with celebrity heart-to-hearts and personality-driven coverage. .

A collection of bowlers has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing private equity–backed corporation Bowlero of a multiyear scheme to consolidate bowling centers, driving up prices and degrading lane quality.

The US is unlikely to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to comply with truce terms. Europe must take action.

Millions found their names missing from electoral rolls ahead of a state election in West Bengal that was won by the BJP. Officials call the revisions routine verification but critics say they disproportionately affected poor, rural, and minority communities.

The Right’s con men promise liberation for those who feel themselves superior but are held back by the leveling institutions of mass mediocrity. .

Europeans must urgently seek to close their security gaps in case Russia attacks – and the US refuses to defend its allies.

Former President Barack Obama just unveiled his presidential library, an oligarch-funded shrine to himself. .

In the coming days I will be setting out our path to break with the status quo once and for all by building a stronger and fairer UK.

Even if all the results were not as catastrophic as expected for Labour, the writing is on the wall for the old ways of doing politics.

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have reason to celebrate – but what next for Labour and the Tories now that the two-party system has been demolished?

Islamic State committed extraordinary brutality. But how Australia treats the children returning from Syria is a test of our humanity .

You never change the pilot halfway through a flight, says a clearly rattled David Lammy. Can’t he see that his party is in a tailspin?

My prank demonstrated how our minds can adversely affect our health, and scientists are increasingly showing that negative thoughts can produce very real symptoms.

As I bounced dangerously around a Sussex road, I was reminded of the parlous state of our highways – and the serious neglect of local issues

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Whoever leads Britain through the next three years may have to navigate a recession, even a war. The way we choose that person needs an urgent overhaul.

A renewable energy transition doesn’t have to mean higher prices for consumers. .

Faced with declining market share and poptimist contempt, rock music once seemed bound for the dustbin of history. .

Opponents went all in on smearing Graham Platner as a Nazi based on a bad tattoo choice. .

Turner’s original vision is under serious threat these days.

Let’s not draw the wrong conclusions from Hungary’s election or the US president’s troubles.

It’s not just Graham Platner. .

At this point, the Devil Wears Prada franchise is a major cultural phenomenon. .

California’s heat protections for workers decreased heat-related deaths by 31% in recent years. .

The Trump administration has hired a team of private debt collectors — known for widespread abuses when previously hired to collect federal student debt — to hound immigrants slapped with new multimillion-dollar civil penalties for not leaving the US.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. .

Watchdogs identified a deterioration of democratic space in Italy, Germany, and France last year. .

Europe punished Russian billionaires over the war in Ukraine. It should do the same to those abetting an ecocidal regime.

The average successful Hollywood biopic is cynically dishonest and rote in its formulaic box-checking. .

A landmark ruling set back the right Congress granted – of racial equality in electoral opportunity – to keep Republicans in power.

Beating Donald Trump isn’t enough, argue the Democratic Socialists of America’s cochairs. .

The supreme court has kicked the can down the road after a federal court sought to ban the mailing of mifepristone.

The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow.

Updated guidelines issued by the Trump administration mean immigrants could potentially be denied a green card for their political opinions.

The president’s approval rating with those under 30 has plummeted as he has failed to deliver on promise after promise.

The tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage.

The king’s US visit reminds me how glorious it would be to live in a country where sunshine is a novelty and For the Love of Dogs is on TV.

Americans don’t want the government to decide what TV comics can and can’t say.

The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the law.

The reaction to the Washington DC shooting shows that Americans are swinging between outrage, exhaustion and numbness .

The supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality?

A Washington DC event descending into panic and fear after gunshots is, sadly, of a piece with the chaotic tragedy of our times.

The cosmetic procedure raises concern about the tissue donation process – and our own anxieties about our appearance.

She backed the president as he ran millions of dollars in anti-trans ads. Now she’s disappointed her passport has the wrong gender.

Being financially equipped to retire feels like a fantasy. And yet plenty of people who could do so are avoiding it.

Xi Jinping hopes that the president may water down US support for a vibrant democracy. Defending the status quo would be better for America too.

Determining the attacker’s motivation may take time. But toxic rhetoric, polarisation and the ubiquity of firearms are a dangerous mix.

Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability.

The pontiff’s criticisms of Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran indicate a welcome resolve to follow in his predecessor’s footseps.