Taking down the Nicky Winmar statue points to a troubling double standard in our public spaces | Paul Daley

Statue honouring the Noongar man’s stand against racism was swiftly removed – yet so many monuments to men who killed and dispossessed Aboriginal people still stand Get our breaking news…

Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson

Mr Blobby, the Liz Truss lettuce, Boaty McBoatface … the Clacton hopeful is part of a rich tradition – and a reminder that it’s laughter that defines us, not hate…

$6 million a day: Trump's disclosures show he is the swamp's biggest monster

Trump’s side hustles were pulling down 15 times the president’s yearly salary of $400,000 — every single day!

Will Mamdani's winning streak last to the midterms?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is having a successful summer, with his Democratic Socialist of America candidates winning elections in New York and Colorado, and his policies being praised…

How old is too old to be executed?

Florida’s spree of executing the elderly is indecent and unnecessary.

Graham Platner may turn from a nightmare to a blessing for Democrats

Platner’s implosion may actually help the party in the long term.

Trump is America’s biggest national security threat

The most important thing Congress can do to strengthen national security is to remove Trump from office as soon as possible. 

Trump’s Nato remarks rang hollow – but he recognizes something real | Christopher S Chivvis

US political leaders must be more clear-eyed about our global alliances, without embracing his scorched-earth approach Donald Trump memorably took out a full-page advertisement in multiple newspapers in 1987 charging…

Congress should empower states to fix benefit cliffs

A U.S. Senate committee recently discussed a decades-old federal policy trap that punishes poor families for getting a raise: social safety net-benefit cliffs. These cliffs hamper upward mobility and harm…

The messy intersection of Dred Scott and the birthright citizenship case

It is easy to forget just how terrible the Dred Scott decision was.