The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdani’s task: a high-stakes test case for progressive ambition

The multiple firsts achieved by New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, have been well chronicled: he is the first Muslim to occupy that role, the...

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The Guardian view on the US seizure of Maduro: Trump has turned the world’s superpower into a rogue state

Amid the immense confusion surrounding the US strikes on Venezuela, the seizure of the president, Nicolás Maduro, and Donald Trump’s announcement...

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The Guardian view on care leavers: responsibility for looked-after children does not end at 18

The outcomes for children who grow up in care are shocking. A vital part of the welfare state, which exists to promote the safety and wellbeing of...

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The Guardian view on Gaza’s winter: the world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again

As Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as their families try...

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The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump

The late scientist and thinker Donald Braben argued that 20th-century breakthroughs arose from scientists being free to pursue bold ideas without...

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The Guardian view on hard times for Britain’s charities: struggling to do more with less

Speaking in a parliamentary debate on the voluntary sector, not long after Labour’s huge election victory, the party’s former MP Jeff Rooker...

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The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump’s forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost

Donald Trump is not generally noted as a student of history. Yet over the past year, his decisive reorientation of US foreign policy towards the...

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The Guardian view on the National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life

Reading to children from a young age leads to greater happiness, educational success, empathy and social mobility – no wonder the government wants...

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The Guardian view on antibiotics: recent breakthroughs are great news, but humanity is losing the bigger race

During her tenure as director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan used to say that all of the “easy” antibiotics had...

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The Guardian view on the new space race: humanity risks exporting its old politics to the moon

During the cold war’s space race, the Apollo moon missions were driven by the need to prove American superiority. Having made that political and...

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The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather

The record-breaking 252mph winds of Hurricane Melissa that devastated Caribbean islands at the end of October were made five times more likely by the...

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Finding meaning and hope at a dark, challenging time

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Voters want leadership on terror

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The Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall

Predictions of the demise of letter writing are not new. The invention of the telegraph and the rise of the postcard were both seen as potential...

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The Guardian view on hope: with your help, charities can help to repair the social fabric

Austerity, cost of living pressures and a chronic lack of investment have damaged the physical and social fabric of some UK towns and neighbourhoods...

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Sorry for the hurt but not the lack of action, says PM

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The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract

Just a small fraction of our 20,000 genes can cause disease when disrupted – yet that sliver accounts for thousands of rare disorders. The...

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The Guardian view on Labour’s difficult year: denial of hard choices is no longer an option

The formula for stable government, according to Britain’s constitution, is a big parliamentary majority and divided opposition. Sir Keir Starmer’s...

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Warnings along the way to tragedy deserve a response

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Our day of reckoning on terror only matter of time

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The Guardian view on the EU and Ukraine: a moment of truth for Brussels and Kyiv

Morally, the decision facing the European Council in Brussels this week has been a no-brainer. Russia invaded Ukraine illegally and unilaterally....

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The Guardian view on reducing violence against women: ministers must follow through on a bold promise

Labour set itself a mammoth task when it pledged, before last year’s election, to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in 10 years. While...

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PM’s tentative steps on day of incomprehensible grief

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Bondi reflects ISIS resurgence

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The Guardian view on Australia’s social media ban: dragging tech companies into action

On 10 December, the world watched as Australia enacted the first social media ban for under-16s. Whether it will have the desired effect of improving...

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The Guardian view on another green U-turn in Brussels: going slow on car-industry targets is a road to nowhere

Two years ago, the European Union’s adoption of a 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars was hailed as an act of global leadership, and...

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From sorrow must come a strong sense of leadership

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MYEFO squibs reform as debt, deficits and spending surge

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The Guardian view on dentists: contractual tweaks won’t stop the rot

If changes to the NHS dental contract in England result in fewer people being left to suffer with complex problems because they cannot get treatment,...

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The Guardian view on Trump’s BBC lawsuit: grievance politics with a purpose

On the day that the government launched a high-stakes consultation to consider fresh ways of funding the BBC in the digital era, the corporation could...

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Lai’s fate an indictment of CCP

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PM stumbles at first hurdle in response to Bondi terror

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The Guardian view on combating Europe’s national populists: protect the less well-off from the winds of change

More than a year after the election that handed Donald Trump a decisive comeback victory, the Democratic party has still not released its...

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The Guardian view on birth influencers: the public need protecting from bad advice

Despite all the proven advances of modern medicine, some people are drawn to alternative or “natural” cures and practices. Many of these do no...

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Terror strikes at the heart of our egalitarian nation

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The Guardian view on Thailand and Cambodia: a Trump-brokered truce falls apart

When the hastily confected Fifa world peace prize was bestowed on Donald Trump last week, the ceasefire in the Thai-Cambodian border dispute was among...

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The Guardian view on the Bondi terror shootings: do not let these antisemitic attacks drive division

The shock and horror that have rippled out from Bondi Beach across the world are immense. At least 16 people died at a place packed with families. A...

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Crunch time for PM on expenses

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Do not waste chance for spending cuts in mid-year economic update

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Bondi attack has changed nation beyond recognition

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Hamas-controlled Gaza in crisis

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The Guardian view on Nnena Kalu’s historic Turner prize win: breaking a glass ceiling

The Turner prize is no stranger to sparking debate or pushing boundaries. This year it has achieved both. For the first time, an artist with learning...

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The Guardian view on Trump and Venezuela: a return to seeking regime change

Early in his first term, Donald Trump mooted a “military option” for Venezuela to dislodge its president, Nicolás Maduro. Reports suggest that he...

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CEOs’ fingers on pulse for growth

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Europe’s moment of truth nears

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Reality check for entitled politicians long overdue

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The Guardian view on far-right perversions of the Christmas message: promoting a gospel of hate

The story of Christmas is a tale of poverty and flight from persecution. According to Christian tradition, humanity’s saviour is born in a stable,...

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The Guardian view on Labour’s new peerages: another boost for the ermine arms race

In opposition, Sir Keir Starmer called the unelected House of Lords “indefensible”. This week, barely 18 months into his prime ministership, Sir...

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Court drama getting out of hand

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