Nathan Cofnas was suspended by Ghent University on Thursday. Credit: nathancofnas.com

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US condemns Ghent University suspension of Nathan Cofnas It added that it would be reviewing any relationships with the institution

'You can’t sell Americans on Castro.' Credit: Getty

The DSA has a Castro problem

Emily Jashinsky

PinkNews is paying the price for abandoning journalism The LGBTQ+ media site is hemorrhaging staff

How Harry and Meghan can win back Britain A quiet return home as private citizens might be the best move

Thursday, August 20

Online spectators are performing 'postpartum tantrums' in reaction to the Lindsay Clancy trial. Credit: TikTok

Postpartum psychosis is turning into TikTok entertainment

Carolyn D. Gorman

Zelensky is running out of political cover Calls for wartime elections are growing louder

Jennifer Kavanagh

America’s $40-trillion debt is built on a dangerous gamble Washington’s fiscal recklessness could send borrowing costs soaring

Anti-rape guidance for asylum seekers is a failure of mass migration Ministers are reluctant to confront the consequences of new arrivals for women

Josephine Bartosch

‘Extremist’ children aren’t Prevent’s biggest problem A new report suggests young people are increasingly radicalized online

Wednesday, August 19

Tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco in the space of a few days last month. Credit: Getty

How the EU is controlling the Ceuta narrative

True-crime fans are hijacking the Lindsay Clancy case Armchair detectives want easy narratives about female innocence

Kristina Murkett

James Fishback’s Florida defeat is a blow to Groyper politics The GOP insurgent tried to push an online-Right brand of populism

Nikos Mohammadi

Rasmussen, who has died aged 93, contributed to the rise of horse-race politics. Credit: Getty

Bill Rasmussen revolutionized the 24/7 news cycle

B. Duncan Moench

Jason Arday case has damaged Right-wing trust in universities Polling links awareness of the scandal to much lower confidence in institutions

Tuesday, August 18

Jon Ossoff is the Democrats’ best anti-Trump weapon He knows how to hit the President where it hurts

Michael Baharaeen

Recognizing Britain’s ethnic identities isn’t racist Civic belonging does not erase centuries of shared heritage

Democrats’ Supreme Court reform is a cynical power grab Radical constitutional changes will backfire on the Left

Attendees at a vigil for former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday in central London yesterday evening. Credit: Getty

Jason Arday has become Britain’s George Floyd

Monday, August 17

Nancy Mace has mastered the art of YouTube cringe Her new show proves what happens when politicians try to become influencers

Moscow strikes won’t give Zelensky a military advantage Ukraine’s show of strength is calculated to appeal to Donald Trump

Bethany Elliott

Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, nine days after he resigned his position. Credit: University of Cambridge

Jason Arday’s death is no reason to censor the media

Mary Harrington

Reform’s welfare policy is straight from the uniparty playbook Copying the Westminster consensus will make Farage redundant

James Sean Dickson

Sunday, August 16

Is Kamala Harris turning into a political liability? Alaska’s Mary Peltola rejected an endorsement from the former VP

David Masciotra

‘The dollar’s status as the world’s principal reserve currency has enabled the US to live beyond its means.’ (Scott Olson/Getty)

JD Vance is right to question the dollar’s supremacy

More international students won’t fix UK’s doomed universities Financial pressure is triggering a price war in higher education

Robbie Williams is trivializing autism Celebrities use neurological disorders as a shield against criticism

Stella O'Malley

Saturday, August 15

USS Abraham Lincoln shows the Navy is badly overstretched The Iran war is pulling vital resources away from the Pacific theater

Emergency phone alerts are the Government’s new authoritarian tool Wildfires don’t excuse further breaches of public privacy

Timandra Harkness

The AfD is among those who could be targeted by new intelligence powers. (Sean Gallup/Getty)

Germany is sleepwalking into a surveillance state

William Nattrass

Friday, August 14

University of Michigan coddles students by ditching grades Traditional letter grades have been replaced with a pass-fail system

Asylum applications to the EU have fallen by two-thirds in under three years. Credit: Getty

EU asylum seeker applications fall to five-year low

Andy Burnham’s migrant plan will radicalize Middle England Transporting asylum seekers to affluent areas leaves nobody better off

Adam James Pollock