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  • Kenneth Roth

    double quotation markTrump had no plan B for Iran. It shows

    Kenneth Roth
    The US president’s war of choice has accomplished nothing and cost the world greatly
  • carer and man with walker walk down hallway

    double quotation markCaring for ageing parents is becoming a financial nightmare in the US. Here’s what we can do

    Courtney E Martin
  • James Talarico speaks into a microphone at a podium with one hand raised, a flag backdrop behind him

    double quotation markIf Democrats are to win Texas, James Talarico must win blue-collar voters

    Dustin Guastella
  • Robert Reich

    double quotation markI know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health

    Robert Reich
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    double quotation markThe fall of John Cornyn mirrors the fall of the Republican party

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • memorial with candles outside islamic center of san diego

    double quotation markAnti-Muslim hate and antisemitism are twin crises. We must confront them together

    Binaifer Nowrojee
  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markSpencer Pratt is a reality star pandering to the LA ego. He could be our next mayor

    Dave Schilling
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markCan Trump win back young men with a UFC fight on his lawn?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Donald Trump in a navy suit and red tie leans forward at a table with a serious expression

    double quotation markTrump’s ‘art of the deal’ is nowhere to be seen with Iran

    Mohamad Bazzi
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World view

  • Pauline Hanson

    double quotation markPauline Hanson is no prime minister. This is what Labor must do to stem the rise of One Nation

    Peter Beattie
    When I became premier in Queensland in 1998, it was against a surge in One Nation support. There are valuable lessons for federal Labor today
  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markCancer is now a story of the good, the bad and the ugly – but also hope

    Devi Sridhar
  • Ranjana Srivastava

    double quotation markDoctors don’t know what to do about wellness influencers but we dismiss them at our peril

    Ranjana Srivastava
  • Susanna Rustin

    double quotation markThe new EHRC code isn’t just about trans people’s access to toilets - it’s about protecting other vital single-sex spaces

    Susanna Rustin
  • Tatum Hunter

    double quotation markThe dating apps that failed to deliver the joys of sex and romance now offer AI as cupid. No thanks

    Tatum Hunter
  • Keir Starmer

    double quotation markA place where everyone has somewhere of their own, to thrive and feel safe – this will be my politics of home

    Keir Starmer
  • Nesrine Malik

    double quotation markAI is devoid of meaning and humanity. That’s why its vapid voice suits this political moment

    Nesrine Malik
  • Seán Gallen

    double quotation markYves Sakila’s death has echoes of George Floyd. When will we in Ireland confront our own racism?

    Seán Gallen
  • Two woman sit at a bench smiling

    double quotation markEnvy used to prickle me constantly. But Buddhism teaches us that if someone feels joy, we too can feel it

    Jackie Bailey

Columnists

  • Margaret Sullivan

    double quotation markTrump should come clean about his all-too-obvious decline

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Pope Leo XIV in white clerical robes and skullcap waves with his palm raised toward the camera

    double quotation markWhy I’m grateful to the Pope for his encyclical on AI

    Francine Prose
  • Judith Levine

    double quotation markWhy Trump isn’t bothering to hide his corruption

    Judith Levine
  • Austin Sarat

    double quotation markTennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again

    Austin Sarat
  • Robert Reich

    double quotation markThe language of the American presidency doesn’t apply to Trump

    Robert Reich
  • A woman with long dark hair and a streak of white, appearing to look up and listen in front of a microphone.

    double quotation markTulsi Gabbard’s resistance to foreign wars amid Trump’s aggression was her undoing

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Steven Greenhouse

    double quotation markBruce Springsteen is a model for how celebrities should resist Trump

    Steven Greenhouse
  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markThe office lunch was once a luxury. Now it’s just a pain

    Dave Schilling
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markStephen Miller delivers for Trump: 145,000 US kids separated from their parents

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markWhy is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Margaret Sullivan

    double quotation markTrump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as ‘priced in’

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markTrump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends

    Moira Donegan
  • Kenneth Roth

    double quotation markThe ICC’s investigation of its chief prosecutor has been a failure

    Kenneth Roth
  • Jamil Smith

    double quotation markThe Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter

    Jamil Smith
  • Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on 27 May 2026.

    The Guardian view on Lebanon’s suffering: the ‘ceasefire’ didn’t stop Israeli attacks. Now they’re intensifying again

  • Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica Humanitas at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, 25 May 2026.

    The Guardian view on the Pope and Claude: Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI is right to put humanity first

  • Red Cross workers arrive at a health centre to transport people who died of Ebola in Rwampara, Ituri prvince, DRC, on 20 May 2026.

    The Guardian view on tackling Ebola: pathogens aren’t the only things that kill

  • Raúl Castro waving a Cuban flag during a May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana on 1 May 2025.

    The Guardian view on Cuba: Trump says he can do ‘anything I want’ to the island. It doesn’t belong to him

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