October 2, 2020

Cheap crap is who we are Our tat can seem trivial and wasteful but, a new book suggests, it tells us a lot about our culture

Matthew Sweet

01.10

Is Critical Race Theory racist? Trump has condemned the controversial teaching as 'un-American' and 'divisive'

Helen Pluckrose

01.10

The liberal case for empire Imperialism has a better record of defending minorities and promoting diversity than nation-states do

Ed West

01.10

Why lockdown is a moral mess Rules go out of the window when you're battling a fast-moving pandemic

Giles Fraser

01.10

Has ‘Long Covid’ left us leaderless? My husband's been poleaxed with the illness for eight months. I wonder if the PM is suffering similarly

Mary Harrington

30.09

Joe Biden brought a sponge to a knife fight The presidential debate quickly descended into chaos — Trump’s natural habitat

Sam Leith

30.09

How paranoia drives politics Richard Evans's new book about conspiracy theories asks: who benefits when truth itself is unstable?

Daniel Kalder

30.09

Has Covid become less dangerous? Your risk of death if you get infected now is much reduced from what it was in March

Tom Chivers

30.09

There is no student mental health crisis Depression and anxiety have become status symbols — while sadness and loneliness are taboo

Louise Perry

29.09

Joe Biden’s one chance to save America Packing the court would tear the country apart. Why not just give in?

Justin Webb

29.09

How we bend the knee to our HR overlords Our managerial class is asserting itself, drunk with its own power

Aris Roussinos

29.09

Are graduates doomed? University leavers face uncertainty that may blight their entire professional careers

James Bloodworth