Politics & Conflict

Trump’s assault on science

US research institutions are censoring projects in a bid to meet Trump's demands and retain funding

We often discuss how strongmen rise to power. What about how they fall?

Labour’s feud over child benefits points to a deeper question: how to balance strategy with doing the right thing

Danny Sriskandarajah, author of "Power to the People", talks to us about how to revive Britain's democracy

Opposing ideas about antisemitism threaten to split the anti-racist movement. A new book seeks to bridge the divides

President Milei has slashed inflation, while railroading rights and increasing poverty. Is his big bet worth the cost?

Human rights defender Mansour Omari on joy, grief and the search for justice after the fall of Assad

This posthumous collection of writings serves as a personal record of the atrocities experienced in Gaza

To many evangelicals, Trump is not just a president but a messiah. How did he gain such mythic power, and where will it lead?

The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses