The relationship between mothers and the state is never anything but awkward – and often paradoxical, even violent. The author of a new political history of motherhood explains why.

Mining obliterates ecosystems. But green energy projects urgently need what they extract. Can we square the circle of this necessary destruction?

California’s tech billionaires were once famously liberal. No more. What does their shift to the far right mean for the 2024 US election?

What the hell just happened in the French elections? We explore the long crisis that led to Macron’s electoral gamble and consider the odds of a far-right France.