Organizations across the country traditionally use the month as a means of activation for local communitiesIn the 1960s and 1970s, California was brimming with radical energy and potential, which also meant it was brimming with extreme backlash. The Black Panthers, a revolutionary Black political activist organization…

This Black August, Americans will study, meditate, fast, exercise – and read – for Black liberation
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This Black August, Americans will study, meditate, fast, exercise – and read – for Black liberation

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A Green party member and a Labour-voting Brexiter didn’t agree on the EU, but what about renewable energy and the NHS?• Want to meet someone from across the divide? Click here to find out howJoe, 41, Trafford, Greater ManchesterOccupation Press officer at a university Continue reading...

Dining across the divide: ‘I thought he was going to be quite “stop the boats, bring up the drawbridge”’
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Dining across the divide: ‘I thought he was going to be quite “stop the boats, bring up the drawbridge”’

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PM Mark Carney says ‘we got attacked’ as tariffs come into force on items from hockey sticks to tongue depressorsDonald Trump has hit back at Canada after a breakdown in negotiations plunged the two countries into a trade war.In his first public comments since negotiations collapsed on Friday in Washington, the US…

‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war
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‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war

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As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline - and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writerIn the summer before university, my mother gave me a copy of The Pursuit of Love. We’d moved countries at…

‘I was scared I was going mad”: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page
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‘I was scared I was going mad”: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page

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More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa's Yap Boum II to understand why health teams on the ground are struggling and what is being put in…

Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer
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Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer

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Capitalism and the climate crisis are conspiring to destroy the concept of seasons. I’ll take solace in my pumpkin spiceHappy spooky season, everyone! Get those jack-o’-lanterns out, because Halloween is just around the corner!Just kidding, no, it’s not. Continue reading...

Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling
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Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling

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The landscape was striking, but so was the diversity of the hikers. We can make this the new normal – and we shouldA fortnight or so ago, my two teenage kids and I set out on a three-night visit to the Peak District where temperatures were hovering at a comparatively tepid 28C. We stayed at a youth hostel – more…

Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England | John Harris
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Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England | John Harris

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Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength“Look, there’s nothing magic about that $40tn number,” the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told CNBC insouciantly last week, as the country’s debt mountain surpassed another bleak record.Yet Bessent’s…

Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart
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Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart

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One crashing wave on one single day changed everything for our family. How would I keep going?Before they enter the water, surfers will study the ocean. They consider wind and tide conditions. They analyse currents and patterns, break points and swells. They try to read the waves. I have travelled across oceans and a…

When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief
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When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief

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