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
New research shows that a class gap on the left threatens any winning coalition – but there are ways to address it
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
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
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
Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’
Jurors hear from host of medical experts as defence says postpartum psychosis caused young mother to kill children
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
The standup and presenter on performing at the back of the school bus, his funny aunts and uncles, and swerving a career selling perfume
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 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
Exclusive: Lack of funds left British museums unable to pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institution
Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of pounds
Sohrab Haghverdi takes pleasure at winding up the audience in a subversively funny ‘anti-comedy’ of autobiographical insight and political provocation
Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state
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