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Being polite gets us nowhere. We should channel the righteous anger we feel at the mess America is in, and use it to change societyThe left needs to take a leaf out of Jesus' book – and get angry
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Freedom of the press isn't guaranteed. Especially when it's labeled the 'enemy'Support for the media is falling among the American public and the courts have not always protected reporters. So what is the press to do about it?
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PewDiePie thinks 'Death to all Jews' is a joke. Are you laughing yet?Youtube’s biggest superstar is loved by the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer for a reason: they could see through his ‘jokes’
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Americans aren't as attached to democracy as you might thinkA new national survey suggests that we can no longer take for granted that our fellow citizens will stand up for the rule of law and democracy
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Mike Flynn might be done – but Trump's nightmare has just begunThis resignation and scandal is not a surprise. After all, we have a president who is too careless to handle a national security incident in a confidential manner
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Calling pregnant women 'hosts'? We're in an anti-choice Republican dystopiaA new anti-abortion bill uses shocking language about women. But there are countless other laws that deserve to be called out, too
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Donald Trump's handshake: never has such a strong grip looked so weakNo American president has ever tried to look as hyper-masculine while in fact looking so petty to such a large number of people and governments
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Donald Trump's doctrine of unpredictability has the world on edgeWhen it comes to foreign policy, he desires to make America appear as unpredictable as possible. He is succeeding
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A Modest, Modern Proposal – updated for the Trump administrationJonathan Swift wrote his satirical essay on the treatment of the poor in 1729. Here is an updated version for our times
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Troubled times make it hard to be an optimist. But I don't plan to stopOptimists like me read the news and know all the dire things happening in the world. But we also get up each day determined not to accept a bad fate
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My preferred friends? Other working-class people with debtI’m drowning financially for reasons the better-off can’t comprehend. That’s why I gravitate towards those with similar experiences
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what would a feminist do?
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Women will march on – What would a feminist do? podcastSaturday’s record-breaking demonstration brought together a diverse group of people to air a spectrum of grievances. We take a look at what comes next
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Staring down 2017 – What would a feminist do? podcastThis week, host Jessica Valenti talks with Syreeta McFadden, Jaclyn Friedman and Aimee Thorne-Thomsen about what comes next for feminism
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A feminist's debrief after the US election: share your perspectiveComing up, Jessica Valenti’s What would a feminist do? podcast tackles the buying, selling and branding of feminism. How has the movement changed?
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Why immigration is a feminist issue – What would a feminist do? podcastThis week on the podcast, host Jessica Valenti speaks with Hillary Clinton’s Latino outreach director about the realities of being undocumented and female
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The Guardian view on Trump’s Sweden: another countryEditorial: Like the rest of western Europe, Sweden is dealing with economic and demographic issues. But whatever misguided US conservatives think, the Nordic nation is not a battlefront in a clash of civilisations
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The Guardian view on dying in public: a daily heroismEditorial: The illness and death of Steve Hewlett is an example of humour and decency
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columnists & contributors
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Jill AbramsonJill AbramsonDid Trump tell Flynn to reassure the Russians that the new administration, once in office, would go easy on them? Only an investigation can tellThe Flynn scandal hits the foundation of our democracy. We must investigate
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Lucia GravesLucia GravesShooting the messenger: how Trump's media vitriol could ultimately backfireThe president’s belligerent approach to the press may distract from problems in the short term, experts say, but history shows such hostility can end badly
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Steven W ThrasherSteven W ThrasherBeing polite gets us nowhere. We should channel the righteous anger we feel at the mess America is in, and use it to change societyThe left needs to take a leaf out of Jesus' book – and get angry
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Thomas FrankThomas FrankThe president’s aide stole a march on Democrats by shouting about economic injustice. But his solution – a return to pre-1960s social mores – is bizarreHow Steve Bannon captured America's spirit of revolt
'Last night in Sweden' was a figment of Trump's Fox News-inspired imagination
Christian Christensen Europe's biggest paper ran a bogus refugee 'sex mob' story. What now?