The Supreme Court’s bleak October term served Trump, not America

The Supreme Court voted for the Republicans and Trump whenever it had a chance to do so and checked Trump where it had no plausible alternative but to do so.

Why is Trump attacking ‘communists’? Because he’s run out of cards to play | Robert Reich

With the economy, foreign policy and immigration all going poorly for the president, he’s scrambling before the midterms Trump has run out of cards to play in the midterm elections,…

Educational freedom helps children, not systems

This law also does not legitimize a scheme to benefit private interests, as the letter claims. Rather, it simply benefits children.

The Supreme Court still hasn't finished the job of protecting women's sports

Title IX is a federal law. If sex is real under Title IX, why should the law apply in West Virginia but not in California?

Why does JD Vance keep saying loony things? | Margaret Sullivan

Scratch their surface and you see exactly what he’s trying to do: stand up strong for intolerance and corruption Given how impetuous Donald Trump is, his vice-president, JD Vance, strikes…

So it’s Trump 1, Belgium 4 – and the world rejoices. Nothing like failed chicanery to bring us together, is there? | Marina Hyde

Joy is unbounded and when it dies down perhaps the guilty will be held to account for cheating and facilitation: perhaps they won’t. Still, enjoy the moment Oh dear. Such…

The US supreme court’s ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy | Judith Levine

Laws banning trans athletes claim to defend science, fairness, and women’s safety. They do the opposite Last week, the US supreme court ruled that states may restrict participation in girls’…

Why would we show an optical illusion to a monkey or a sparrow? To learn how they experience time, of course | Ishan Singhal

Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differs Imagine standing in your garden. A bumblebee whizzes overhead…

People keep asking me why I’m choosing to have a caesarean – here are my reasons | Sharon Gaffka

This isn’t an argument against vaginal birth, and caesareans aren’t without risk. But in the context of failing maternity services, it gives me the greatest sense of calm Sharon Gaffka…

Indecent proposal: why social media’s rebrand of surveillance tech normalises harassment and non-consensual filming | Maggie Zhou

By selling AI glasses as aspirational, cool and fashion-forward, tech elites are trying to pacify their entry into the mainstream world We have a habit of dismissing social media trends…