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Opinion: Even the US Gun Lobby Can’t Stomach Maga’s Lies About the Minneapolis Murder

Steven Methven

Trump’s supporters are once again openly lying about a murder filmed in broad daylight from multiple angles. But this time it’s made them an unlikely enemy, writes Steven Methven.

Opinion: Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It

Juliet Jacques

30 years ago, the BBC invited Palestinian thinker Edward Said to deliver six lectures on the public intellectual, writes Juliet Jacques. Can you imagine something so outlandish happening today?

Opinion: How to Stop Trump From Doing Another Maduro? End the War on Drugs

Kojo Koram & Clemmie James

The US has for decades used the war on drugs to justify interference in foreign states, largely its Latin American neighbours. How to insulate states from Trump’s meddling? Legally regulate drugs, argue Kojo Koram and Clemmie James.

People walk outside BBC Broadcasting House after director general of BBC Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, 10 November 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor

Opinion: The BBC Thought It Could Save Itself by Serving the Powerful. It Was Wrong

Steven Methven

The corporation's cardinal sin was messing with the big dogs it usually serves, writes Steven Methven.

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Opinion: Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative

Luke Savage

While party grandees preached defeat and despair, New York City's mayor-elect pitched free buses, cheap groceries and frozen rent. Turns out the antidote to Trump is just socialism, writes Luke Savage.

Feature: Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage

Sam Bright

Anti-woke academics, influencers and mining magnates are behind a new think tank making a plan for a Reform UK government. Sam Bright reports.

Feature: The Fifa Museum Is a Masterclass in Reputational Whitewashing

Juliet Jacques

Handing world cups to fascist dictatorships, brown-nosing Trump, endless corruption scandals – there’s an awful lot of history on display at Fifa’s Zurich museum and absolutely none of it that explains why fans hate the organisation, writes Juliet Jacques.

Opinion: US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

From New York to Chicago, American politicians are pushing state-owned grocery shops as a way to make food cheaper, writes James Meadway. Meanwhile, our leaders continue scratching their heads.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Interview: Zack Polanski Is Done Talking

Rivkah Brown

The Green politician’s surprise leadership bid has excited a rudderless left. Could he turn the party from a byword for well-meaning environmentalists into a mass movement? Rivkah Brown meets Zack Polanski.

Sueda Polat in a still from The Encampments

Interview: Columbia University ‘Stupidity’ on Gaza Encampments Radicalised Students Worldwide

Juliet Jacques

The Encampments co-director speaks to Juliet Jacques about unexpected audience responses to his film, the importance of media literacy and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

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Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Centrist Rafał Trzaskowski thought he had it in the bag. He found out the hard way that rightwing knock-offs are no substitute for an actual programme, write Ana Oppenheim and Ewa Pospieszynska - much like a certain Keir Starmer is also finding out.

Interview: ‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim

Sebastian Shehadi

Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.

Opinion: The Real Reason Behind Starmer’s Military Spending Drive

Khem Rogaly

Keir Starmer’s rearmament agenda is not about security - it’s a bid to appease Donald Trump, writes Khem Rogaly.

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Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

The US president has made clear he will no longer rush to Nato members’ aid, prompting panic among European leaders. The UK should read the room and reset its relations with global powers, writes James Meadway.

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Analysis: Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness

James Meadway

It’s comforting to think of the president’s short-lived tariffs plan as the firings of a loose cannon. In fact, they are entirely consistent with his plans to reshape the world in the interests of US capital, writes James Meadway.

Opinion: Trump’s Gaza Resettlement Plans Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

Ash Sarkar

From Biden’s "humanitarian corridor” to Jared Kushner’s dreams of Miamifying Gaza, Trump’s ethnic cleansing programme is not brand-new territory for the US, writes Ash Sarkar.

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Opinion: Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

Ash Sarkar

The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.

A man in a suit sits besides a lawyer in a wig. In front of them both is a placard with the world "Israel"

Feature: We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?

Nadine Talaat

From the ICJ’s plausible genocide ruling to the ICC issuing arrest warrants, last year the wheels of justice began to move against Israel. Nadine Talaat asks legal experts whether 2025 could finally end its decades-long impunity.

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Opinion: Even the US Gun Lobby Can’t Stomach Maga’s Lies About the Minneapolis Murder

Steven Methven

Opinion: Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: How to Stop Trump From Doing Another Maduro? End the War on Drugs

Kojo Koram & Clemmie James

Opinion: The BBC Thought It Could Save Itself by Serving the Powerful. It Was Wrong

Steven Methven

Feature: Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage

Sam Bright

Opinion: US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

Interview: Columbia University ‘Stupidity’ on Gaza Encampments Radicalised Students Worldwide

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Interview: ‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim

Sebastian Shehadi

Opinion: The Real Reason Behind Starmer’s Military Spending Drive

Khem Rogaly

Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

Analysis: Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness

James Meadway

Opinion: Trump’s Gaza Resettlement Plans Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

Ash Sarkar

Feature: We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?

Nadine Talaat

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Opinion: Even the US Gun Lobby Can’t Stomach Maga’s Lies About the Minneapolis Murder

Steven Methven

Opinion: Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: How to Stop Trump From Doing Another Maduro? End the War on Drugs

Kojo Koram & Clemmie James

Opinion: The BBC Thought It Could Save Itself by Serving the Powerful. It Was Wrong

Steven Methven

Opinion: Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative

Luke Savage

Feature: Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage

Sam Bright

Feature: The Fifa Museum Is a Masterclass in Reputational Whitewashing

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

Interview: Zack Polanski Is Done Talking

Rivkah Brown

Interview: Columbia University ‘Stupidity’ on Gaza Encampments Radicalised Students Worldwide

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: A Scandal-Rocked Trump Ally Just Won the Polish Presidency. Believe It Could Happen in Britain

Ana Oppenheim & Ewa Pospieszyńska

Interview: ‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim

Sebastian Shehadi

Opinion: The Real Reason Behind Starmer’s Military Spending Drive

Khem Rogaly

Analysis: Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides

James Meadway

Analysis: Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness

James Meadway

Opinion: Trump’s Gaza Resettlement Plans Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

Ash Sarkar

Feature: We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?

Nadine Talaat

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