Report: Joy, Relief and Fear: Gaza in the Hours Before the Ceasefire
Ahmed Dremly
As a ceasefire was announced, Palestinian celebrations were cut short by Israeli bombs. Ahmed Dremly reports from Gaza.
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Opinion: The Scandal-Hit US Health Insurance Company Deeply Embedded in the NHS
John Puntis
US health companies which have used AI to deny giving patients care are providing NHS services. The government must stand up to them, argues John Puntis.
Red Flags: I Hate Dating Apps. But How Else Am I Supposed to Find Love?
Sophie K Rosa
Dating apps deprive us of an intangible but vital magic, writes Sophie K Rosa. Here's how to subvert their logic.
Report: Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban
Rivkah Brown
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always cooperated with police, until now. Rivkah Brown reports on why the group is refusing to cancel Saturday's central London march, despite the Met doubling down.
Opinion: Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action
Juliet Jacques
Labour had a massive opportunity to counter the media onslaught and brighten the public mood, writes Juliet Jacques - and they’ve squandered it.
Report: British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban
Rivkah Brown
Over 720 British Jews, including prominent human rights lawyers and academics, have signed a statement slamming the Met’s ban on an upcoming Palestine demonstration over supposed synagogue disruption. Union leaders, MPs and cultural figures have joined them. Rivkah Brown reports.
Long Read: I Drank the Russell Brand Kool-Aid
Alison J Carr
His outsider status and unabashed spiritualism made TV star Russell Brand feel like a kindred spirit to a young Alison J Carr. As his alleged sexual misconduct and alt-right tendencies come to light, she wonders: how did I get him so wrong?
Analysis: Labour Said It Would Make Work Pay. Will It?
Polly Smythe
The government's big pitch to workers and trade unions could end up full of loopholes, missed opportunities and bad incentives for bosses. Polly Smythe reports.
Report: BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues
Rivkah Brown
Exclusive: BBC News global director Jonathan Munro refuted colleagues’ claims that the corporation was suppressing the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel was plausibly committing genocide while minimising the ruling’s significance, internal emails reveal. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Why Is the Science Museum Laundering a Coal Giant’s Reputation?
Adam Ramsay
The Science Museum is facing fresh scrutiny over its sponsorship by Adani Green Energy, part of coal giant Adani Group, after fraud charges were brought against the company’s directors. Ignore the denials, writes Adam Ramsay - this is pure, unadulterated greenwashing.
Report: First Working GP Sent to Prison for Peaceful Climate Protest
Clare Hymer
Patrick Hart has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for cracking the display of petrol pumps at an Esso service station as part of an action with Just Stop Oil.
Opinion: No Legal Term – Even Genocide – Can Fathom Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza
Rob Howse
Israeli soldiers filming themselves killing civilians surpasses legal definition, writes international law professor Rob Howse.
Feature: Novara Media’s Losers of the Year 2024
Simon Childs
From graceless losers to pathetic fence-sitters, here are the public servants who made Britain what it was in 2024.
Long Read: Identity Politics Is Dead, and the Far Right Knows It
Richard Seymour
People are tired of identity politics - and the rainbow coalition lining up behind Donald Trump proves it, writes Richard Seymour.
Feature: How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown
Francesca Newton
While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear.
Review: Novara Media’s Best Books of 2024
Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar
There’s little worse than wasting your time on a bad book, and little more rewarding than getting it right. Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar share their top reads of the year.
Feature: Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court
Harriet Williamson
Ellen Clifford is fighting Keir Starmer's government in the high court to prevent disability benefit cuts. She speaks to Harriet Williamson about the value of disabled life under capitalism, assisted dying and why disabled people threaten the status quo.
Long Read: Has David Lammy Betrayed His Kurdish Friends?
Simon Childs & John Lubbock
Last month, police raided a community centre that David Lammy used to sit on the board of, as part of a controversial counter-terror investigation. Since then, the foreign secretary said nothing about it. What is going on?