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How do we celebrate the Fourth of July when American freedom is disappearing?

Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm
The yearly commemoration has always marked a contradiction. But despair is not a strategy: this is a moment to create change

This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America

Stephen Marche

No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed

Moira Donegan

The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them

Jules Boykoff

Emil Bove’s confirmation hearing was a travesty

Sidney Blumenthal

I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening

Justice Malala

America is over neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Trump is not

Samuel Moyn

The Diddy verdict is the latest gruesome marker of a post-#MeToo era

Moira Donegan

The Bezos wedding was a study in disingenuous billionaire behavior

Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Starmer’s achievements are obvious – to him. As a thought experiment, let’s see things through his eyes

Jonathan Freedland
From free school meals to the NHS, he believes his record of helping ordinary people is clear. But voters don’t quite view it that way, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The ABC and Creative Australia panicked in the face of controversy. These vital institutions must not be so timid

Margaret Simons

The time is right for Zarah Sultana’s new party – but it’s already facing its first test

Andy Beckett

Starmer’s reno of the UK is going brilliantly. If you don’t count the walls falling down

Marina Hyde

This was Les Mis in the Commons – and Kemi Badenoch couldn’t resist hamming it up

Simon Jenkins

Is exercise really better than drugs for cancer remission? It’s an appealing idea – but it’s misleading

Devi Sridhar

Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is

George Monbiot

Who’s really to blame for Labour’s troubles – Rachel Reeves or the invisible PM?

Gaby Hinsliff

Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent

Csaba Jelinek

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