Opinion

The new mayor of New York’s victory has let a little light back in after a year of darkness

The New York mayor’s resounding victory is a warning to Trump and his own party’s old guard

Nothing is more transparent than Silicon Valley’s fixation with longevity and, ideally, immortality, revealing a desperate fear of death

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What Musk calls free speech, I call the promotion of fascism. The Tesla CEO needs to leave our politics alone

Trump’s abandonment of vaccine research weakens our defences for the next pandemic. Now Britain must step up

Rock Against Racism’s joyous free concerts beat back the far right in 1970s Britain. That defiant blend of politics and music remains an inspiration – but its playbook may be obsolete

A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists

Jaguars were hunted to the brink of extinction in the forests of the north. Now, they’re back

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Fragile alliances around the country are held together mainly by one shared goal: keeping the AfD out of government

In this age of rage, books restore to us what algorithms have removed – the ability to think as others think

A new wave of politicians are engaged in open race-baiting. But the appetite for hatred is more limited than they imagine

Despite pioneering an Equal Pay Certification Law in 2017, Iceland continues to have a pay gap of 10%

The prevalence of ‘lavender marriages’ show both the progress and the gaps in the country’s journey towards accepting LGBTQ+ people

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When Mamdani wins the mayoral election, Donald Trump will lose. And he doesn’t like losing. New Yorkers are preparing for the worst

The far right activist’s ‘solidarity’ with Jews is merely a new way for him to sell the same old politics of fear and hate

The far right activist’s assassination was the catalyst for an artist drawing a line under his annual memorial project

The chancellor faces a tough challenge: writing a budget in a time of low growth. There’s an answer, but people won’t like it

It’s fun to entertain the possibility of panpsychism – that all the physical things around you have some level of experience. But that doesn’t mean it’s how reality works

In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive

Eight ships that sailed into history show how the past can often be found in the great hunks of floating metal

Crises in Windsor and Westminster have at their root our willingness to kow-tow to the upper class

A royal focus on money-making took attention away from what should have been their top priority - dealing with a scandal

The far right tech guru is supposed to be a genius - so why does he misunderstand the books he loves?

Millennials used to mock their parents’ sepia-tinted Facebook posts. Now they’re the ones yearning for a simpler time – before student debt and existential angst

He’s already attacked boats off the Latin American coast. Now analysts worry the next phase will involve fighting on land

Brussels has been trying to encourage the country to join Europe and the people want closer ties with the west – so why is Serbia sticking with Russia?

The despicable Geert Wilders won’t be the next PM - but the far right are still on the march