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Facebook missed serious holes in their security system. Their incompetence warrants outrage
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The forced confirmation of a conservative nominee who will tip the court much further to the right has outraged large swaths of the country, writes Guardian US columnist Jill Abramson -
Republicans might have won a majority in the highest court but it has lost legitimacy, says the academic Andrew Gawthorpe -
Mitch McConnell and his ilk must be delighted: they’ve waged a decades-long campaign to stack the courts with conservative ideologues -
Summers in my home city of Seattle didn’t use to be smoggy to the point that they make me and my friends sick. Now they are – and that violates our rights
Spotlight
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Demagogues who exploit people’s fears are rising around the world. For an effective opposition, we can’t rely on the status quo
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Editorial: The murders of reporters in the EU and fears for a Saudi columnist highlight the growing threat to those in the media -
Editorial: The consequences of catastrophic warming will be political and even military, not just environmental -
Editorial: Scotland’s governing party remains its dominant political force. But it faces dilemmas about whether to try to stop Brexit or leverage it for the independence cause
Columnists
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The forced confirmation of a conservative nominee who will tip the court much further to the right has outraged large swaths of the country, writes Guardian US columnist Jill Abramson
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If white men were being infected at the horrifying rate that African-Americans are, it would be front-page news, says Steven W Thrasher, who contributed to the book The Unfinished Queer Agenda After Marriage Equality
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I’m taking a pause from journalism – while I’m gone, can someone please work out how to win back the working class?
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This week reminded me that #MeToo isn’t going anywhere, and that anyone who tries to punish the leaders will be stopped
In Brazil and the US, democracy is at a crossroads