A-levels: Inequality extends into the exam room Wealthier pupils in Britain have many more advantages than poorer ones when it comes to study The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
how to admire wildflowers From the Texas Observer's July/August issue: "rub your eyes & see nothin’..." Texas Observer · Aug 20, 2024
Observing the Borderlands As the Texas Observer’s border reporter from 2008 to 2018, Melissa del Bosque investigated corruption and uncovered injustices. Texas Observer · Aug 19, 2024
‘It’s wanton vandalism’: the unwanted consequences of owning a Banksy The artist’s subversive work draws crowds and criminals alike, and owning an original is fraught with logistical problems The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024
The Observer view on the Middle East crisis: Iran and Israel risk sparking all-out conflict Retaliation can only end in mutually assured self-destruction The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024
David Lammy warns of rising risk of full-scale regional war in Middle East The UK foreign secretary and his French counterpart write in the Observer about their fears over Israel’s escalating tensions with Iran The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
The dark side of the ‘summer of a lifetime’: young Britons exploited in jobs at Mediterranean party resorts Observer investigation finds many tempted by seasonal roles in sun-soaked holiday spots end up working illegally and living in squalor The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
‘Appalling’ conviction rate for over 100 sexual offences reported at Leeds and Reading festivals Campaigners say police must do more as figures show just four cases at summer events since 2018 led to prosecutions The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years GMB union urges Health and Safety Executive to investigate ‘shocking’ figures revealed by the Observer The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
DPS Dodges Transparency in Uvalde—Again Director Steve McCraw reinstated a Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency. Texas Observer · Aug 15, 2024
Wada investigator ‘helped’ with Usada scheme to recruit Kenyan runner Wada insists it ordered Usada to shut down programme, with the agencies in a war of words after Observer investigation The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Badenheim 1939; Katerina; The Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld review – survivors’ tales full of beauty and pain Memory and trauma go hand in hand in these two novels and a memoir by the late Israeli writer, who shows that hope can be worse than despair The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024
The roots of the UK’s unrest lie in the warping of genuine working-class grievances Mainstream politicians have legitimised the far right to rebrand racism as white identity The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024 Gender wars and Gazprom vol-au-vents: how boxing ended up in a mess After a fortnight of unverified claims and counter-claims the sport’s presence at the 2028 Olympics is in doubt
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024 Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’ A new book explores how the north London side and stars such as Ian Wright became a gamechanger for Black culture and racial integration in defiance of ingrained prejudices
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024 Mark Rylance among actors calling on Old Vic to cut links with fossil fuel investor Paapa Essiedu and Stephen Dillane also sign open letter urging theatre to end Royal Bank of Canada’s support over its shares in fuel and arms
The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024 Was the shooting of a nine-year-old girl in Hackney linked to a Europe-wide battle between rival drug gangs? Fatal clashes between Turkish criminals in the heroin trade are spreading in Europe, an Observer investigation reveals
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says impact of disorder will last years as former social cohesion tsar urges review of events
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer Lord Falconer reveals that Keir Starmer will not block Commons vote on giving terminally ill people choice of ending their lives
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 Reform UK tracked private user information without consent Observer reveals potentially millions of people had data shared with Facebook for use in targeted advertising
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 Slovakia purges heads of national theatre and gallery in ‘arts crackdown’ Country’s hard-right culture minister Martina Šimkovičová accused of ‘complete lies’ after removal of respected figures
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 Scientists slam ‘indefensible’ axing of Nasa’s $450m Viper moon rover In an open letter to the US Congress, experts say decision will undermine lunar exploration for the next decade
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024 The mystery of the ‘vanishing’ diamond dealer: fury in the City after multimillion collapse of Vashi Vashi Domínguez left a trail of financial wreckage and enraged investors in his wake after his London jewellery firm crashed – and now no one can find him
Texas Observer · Aug 6, 2024 A Rancher Who Leads a Paramilitary-Style Group Sues Biden over Border Policies The rancher is joined by a rural Texas sheriff, who has collaborated with vigilantes, in the legal challenge to federal immigration policies.