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  • A row of voting booths at a US voting station in a gymnasium.

    For US democracy to survive, it needs progressives like Sanders and AOC

    Judith Levine
    The Democratic establishment says this election is about preserving democracy – yet are more worried about looking disunited than winning
  • Donald Trump, in suit and tie.

    The Republicans’ new party platform is scary – because it can win

    Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara
  • Margaret Sullivan

    The media has been breathlessly attacking Biden. What about Trump?

    Margaret Sullivan
  • JD Vance and Donald Trump standing near a podium during a rally.

    JD Vance is a rightwing troll disguised as a populist. He could be our next vice-president

    Jan-Werner Müller
  • An exterior view of the US supreme court building, a white structure with a row of columns in the center

    How the US supreme court shredded the Constitution and what can be done to repair it

    Laurence H Tribe
  • Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin.

    Democrats don’t just need a new candidate. They need a reckoning

    Osita Nwanevu
  • The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy

    Lawrence Douglas
  • This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope

    Margaret Sullivan
  • The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law

    Corey Brettschneider
  • Our attitudes towards AI reveal how we really feel about human intelligence

    Blaise Agüera y Arcas
  • Kamala Harris may be our only hope. Biden should step aside and endorse her

    Mehdi Hasan
  • The US supreme court just completed Trump’s January 6 coup attempt

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Joe Biden is taking advice from his son, Hunter. This does not inspire confidence

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Was Donald Trump a king as president? The US supreme court thinks so

    Moira Donegan
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  • Geoffrey Robertson

    Labour faces its first moral test in power. Will it protect Netanyahu from being prosecuted by the ICC?

    Geoffrey Robertson
  • Larry Elliott

    Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are in a dire state – but here’s why I’m cautiously optimistic

    Larry Elliott
  • John Quiggin

    Why neither growth nor degrowth make sense as long-term objectives for Australia’s economy

    John Quiggin
  • Let’s go after deepfake pornography sites – and the social media giants that peddle them

    Lucia Osborne-Crowley
  • Why is Modi sucking up to Putin? It’s simple and cynical: China and oil

    Sergey Radchenko
  • Making Britain’s voting system fairer won’t enable parties like Reform – it’s the only way to challenge them

    Zoe Williams
  • Britain has been invaded by parakeets – and it’s got nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix

    Tim Blackburn
  • Keir Starmer has a plan to turn the populist tide – and Britain’s allies pray it works

    Rafael Behr
  • Power of good: how solar sponge tariffs can be a win for your pocket and the planet

    Peter Mares
  • Rage as Putin bombs a children’s hospital in Kyiv, but know there is a way to try him for his crimes

    Gordon Brown
  • Politicians being nice to each other won’t rescue our democracy – but civility empowers us all

    Anne Perkins
  • Joe Biden at an independence day celebration, Washington, 4 July

    The Guardian view on Joe Biden’s re-election bid: Democrats can’t go on like this

  • Masoud Pezeshkian greets his supporters in Tehran a day after the presidential election.

    The Guardian view on Iran’s moderate president: modest hopes must be acted upon

    • Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on 15 June 2024 in Detroit.

      The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king

    • Donald Trump (L) looks at US president Joe Biden during the CNN presidential debate at the CNN Studios on 27 June 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

      The Guardian view on Joe Biden: Democrats must seize the wheel, not drift to disaster

    • The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Givatayim, Israel, on 18 June 2024.

      The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s leadership: making enemies and clinging to far-right friends

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