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Five of the best books about social media

From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Electric, poignant, exquisitely written: inside the inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist

The award’s chair of judges talks us through the contenders – from a study of AI’s underbelly to a poignant autobiography – and why they made the final six

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Naomi Klein and Laura Cumming shortlisted for inaugural Women’s prize for nonfiction

Joining the Guardian columnist and Observer art critic are academics Tiya Miles and Noreen Masud, FT journalist Madhumita Murgia and poet Safiya Sinclair

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Afternoon Update: Australia welcomes Xi-Biden meeting; young Australians cancel streaming; and McDonald’s loses ‘Big Jack’ fight

The world’s most powerful leaders hold talks in San Francisco in a bid to stabilise US-China relations

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

Naomi Klein on wellness culture: ‘We really are alive on the knife’s edge’

The author examines how some chiropractors, health coaches and fitness fanatics came to embrace far-right theories

The Guardian - US · Nov 15, 2023

Hundreds arrested as US Jews protest against Israel’s Gaza assault

Protesters in Washington demand ceasefire, marking rift in community as Anti-Defamation League condemns demonstration

The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023

First Thing: Gaza aid could enter as soon as Friday, says Biden

Twenty trucks are preparing to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but US president says aid will halt if it is seized by Hamas. Plus, Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

Author speaks candidly about a ‘mirror world’ that feeds our anxieties, distorts reality and fuels the polarisation of society

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

Our hearts ache, but we must not give in to despair

Letters: Guy Naamati, a former resident of Kibbutz Re’im in Israel, shares a poem he wrote in response to the Hamas attack, while another reader describes the pain of seeing atrocities brushed off or even justified

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Authors join call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel

More than 150 writers and industry professionals are asking the firm, which is a leading sponsor of UK literary festivals, to drop their investments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023