8320, 8325, 8415, 8456, 8457, 8466, 8416, 8468, 8470, 8472, 8473 WIll Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency outlast Brazil’s Covid-19 disaster? A renewed surge in coronavirus deaths is fuelling calls for impeachment in Latin America’s largest nation. By Nick Burns
8519, 8522 The Big Squeeze: How financial populism sent the stock market on a wild ride The sudden moves in the stock prices of GameStop and other companies have been hailed as a revolution in investment. Is this true, or are the same people getting richer? By Will Dunn
8320, 8321, 8415, 8457, 8462, 8464, 8416, 8468 Assad on trial Syrians in exile are fighting to hold Bashar al-Assad’s regime to account on an international stage. By Ido Vock
8268, 8296 Notes on a crisis: As the numbers rise, how do we counteract the risk of numbness and apathy? Paradoxically, amid so much suffering and hurt, grief has become less visible than ever. By Elif Shafak
8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416 What can Joe Biden achieve in his first 100 days? As well as beating Covid-19, the president’s task is to define the “unity” of which he spoke in his inaugural address. By Emily Tamkin
8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8462, 8416, 8470, 8472, 8473 Will Giuseppe Conte’s resignation lead to a political shift in Italy? The economic crisis has increased the likelihood of what the former Italian PM calls a “government of national salvation”. By David Broder
8268, 8296, 8415, 8456, 8422, 8490 Notes on a crisis: How lockdown feels less like an interruption, more like a transformation I hate to think what it’s like to be young, to have a talent and a purpose, and not to be able to put them to use. We mourn friends, but we should also mourn waste. By David Hare
8320, 8455, 8415, 8456, 8416, 8473 How the world reached 100 million coronavirus cases The pandemic’s uneven global spread tells a story of initial neglect followed by increased testing. By Michael Goodier
8268, 8296, 8275 Why we have not yet found a way to mourn loss on this scale Perhaps the only thing worse than submerging yourself too deeply in other people’s sorrow is to not feel it at all. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8462, 8416 The persecution of Alexei Navalny reveals the weaknesses of Putin’s Russia To understand Navalny’s significance, and his arrest, we must consider two big shifts in Russia: declining economic strength and rising internet usage. By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8272, 8320, 8323, 8415, 8456, 8457, 8462 Why the German press misreported on AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine By Ido Vock
8320, 8323, 8326, 8322, 8415, 8456, 8457, 8462 How austerity economics is hindering Covid-19 vaccines Underinvestment in vaccine production and distribution by wealthy countries is preventing a swifter recovery. By Ido Vock
8519, 8522 The Big Squeeze: How financial populism sent the stock market on a wild ride The sudden moves in the stock prices of GameStop and other companies have been hailed as a revolution in investment. Is this true, or are the same people getting richer?
8519, 8521 Donald Trump has taken the US to the brink of a tech cold war The conflict between the US and China is not just for technological supremacy, but over two competing ideologies. Amy Borrett
8519, 8523 How coal’s uneven retreat threatens the world’s climate The sun may be setting on coal-fired power in Europe and North America, but its persistence in Asia threatens global climate targets. Mark Nicholls, Energy Monitor
8519, 8520 What does the sale of Debenhams tell us about the future of retail? Digital-only retailers are buying high-street brands, not because they think there is a future in physical shops but because they need older customers.
8519, 8328, 8415, 8461, 8472 Why China's economy is less healthy than it looks Chinese GDP figures represent real economic activity, but it is not all productive economic activity.
8519, 8523, 8268, 8445 Are climate campaigners getting too excited about Joe Biden? Questions remain over whether the US president can get his ambitious climate agenda through Washington's legislative gridlock. Dave Keating and Justin Gerdes, Energy Monitor
8268, 8296, 8273, 8274 What’s driving vaccine hesitancy among black Britons? The answer is complicated Ministers reaching for lessons from the United States are looking in the wrong place. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8275, 8300, 8455 Is the UK rolling out its vaccines at only half the speed it is receiving supplies? Data released inadvertently suggests millions of vials of vaccine may be lying unused across the country. By Harry Lambert
8268, 8275, 8415, 8457, 8458 Editor's note: Our national mourning and the future of newspapers A death toll of 100,000 is a moment of mourning and of national shame. But amid all the uncertainty a consensus is hardening: what comes next must be different to what came before. By Jason Cowley
8268, 8394, 8415, 8457, 8458 Why the English left should not resist Scottish independence By Paul Mason
8268, 8296, 8275, 8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8458, 8422, 8492 The Bad Statesmen How the UK government’s failure to learn the lessons of history pushed the country deeper into crisis. By Richard J Evans
8268, 8394 Why Boris Johson’s bag of gold may not prevent Scottish independence Scots are starting to rank sovereignty above money, as England’s Brexit voters did in 2016. By Chris Deerin
8277, 8279, 8415, 8422, 8475 The ghosts of Mark Fisher How the cultural critic, four years after his death, became one of the most influential thinkers and writers of our times. By Lola Seaton
8277, 8279, 8415, 8422, 8475 Ramachandra Guha’s The Commonwealth of Cricket: a delightful sporting memoir Guha, one of India’s best-known historians and public intellectuals, is a bona fide cricket obsessive. By Soumya Bhattacharya
8277, 8283 BBC Radio 4’s Bodies explores the human form throughout history Presenter and anatomist Alice Roberts describes the series as a “time-travelling tour” of “how anatomical knowledge has changed”. By Anna Leszkiewicz
8277, 8282, 8515, 8415, 8422, 8490 How Boris Johnson’s government “took a wrecking ball” to the music industry Without an agreement to allow artists to tour visa-free after Brexit, experts say the UK’s cultural life will be decimated. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
8277, 8280 Pieces of a Woman is an uneven study of parental grief In this story of a home birth gone wrong, director Kornél Mundruczó and screenwriter Kata Wéber reach for effects without quite knowing how to achieve them. By Ryan Gilbey
8277, 8279, 8415, 8422, 8475 The many lives of Jacqueline Wilson The bestselling author reflects on her difficult childhood, meeting her wife and taking on the smug, middle-class world of children’s fiction. By Anna Leszkiewicz
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8422, 8491 How influencers justify jet-setting to Dubai in the midst of lockdown Social media stars have always provided their followers with luxury escapism, should that change in a pandemic? By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8302 Why does Big Tech want us to feel nostalgic? Old memories construct our sense of self. But what if the way we remember them is being manipulated? By Eleanor Peake
8268, 8296, 8300 Can robots make good therapists? Stuck at home in lockdown, and with limited access to mental health services, people are turning to chatbots for company, advice and even friendship. By Sophie McBain
8300, 8303, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8457, 8458, 8459, 8416, 8468, 8473 Jimmy Wales: “Wikipedia is from a different era” As the online encyclopedia turns 20, its founder reflects on the internet’s halcyon days. By Ido Vock
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8457, 8459 It has always been easy for social media firms to pull the plug on extremism Why have the tech giants waited until now to curb the promotion of ideas that lead to violence? By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8495, 8496 Leader: The Big Tech reckoning Twitter and Facebook's action against Donald Trump shows why the tech giants should no longer enjoy the privileges of being publishers without the responsibilities. By New Statesman
