‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift
With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadership
The Democratic party needs to do more than represent wealthy progressives
New research shows that a class gap on the left threatens any winning coalition – but there are ways to address it
How is it physically possible to continue breaking sporting records?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Readers reply: What do you wish you could buy in vending machines?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
‘You live for those breakthroughs’: an investigation into military tribunals on US airbases meant protecting those who spoke out
Guardian journalists have been uncovering how cases involving US military personnel that bypassed British courts. It involved telling the stories of women who have been denied important rights and protections, and safeguarding them as sources
Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ across England
Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’
‘America’s saddest murder trial’: mental health in focus in Lindsay Clancy case
Jurors hear from host of medical experts as defence says postpartum psychosis caused young mother to kill children
Avoid rare species and only take what you need: how to forage and save money on your food shopping
While there are fears that people harvesting their food could put pressure on habitats, some ecologists suggest responsible foraging can boost conservation and biodiversity
Weekend crossword No 813
Weekend crossword No 813
Comedian Mo Gilligan looks back: ‘Drake shared my video, Ian Wright liked a post – then I quit my job in retail’
The standup and presenter on performing at the back of the school bus, his funny aunts and uncles, and swerving a career selling perfume
The secret lives of theatre workers: ‘People were having full sex in the stalls’
Domestic dramas, bodily fluids, drink, drugs, rudeness and worse … ushers and box office staff have seen it all. So much for the myth of the ‘genteel’ theatregoer
Nas / The Roots review – NY rap legend is in a nostalgic state of mind
Nas performs his gritty but intricate 90s classics, sharing the bill on the first London edition of the Roots Picnic festival with Questlove and co’s exuberant funk
One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’
Exclusive: Lack of funds left British museums unable to pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institution
Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches
Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of pounds
Foriegner review – will drinking your own urine get you a US visa?
Sohrab Haghverdi takes pleasure at winding up the audience in a subversively funny ‘anti-comedy’ of autobiographical insight and political provocation
Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people
Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state
Falkland Islanders call for referendum on plans for massive salmon farm
The 3,500 population is divided over the venture, which would bring investment and jobs, but critics claim the environmental cost would be too high