The New Statesman podcast Is it time to abolish the monarchy? Recorded live at the Cambridge Literary Festival A special debate on the place of the royal family in modern Britain.
The New Statesman podcast What is “Britishness” – and does it still matter? With Gary Younge, Jeremy Deller and Jason Cowley
How Nella Larsen’s Passing deconstructed the question of race Larsen’s 1929 novel, now a Netflix film, illustrates the degree to which race is a construct – without lecturing… By Gary Younge
How Brexit changed us: Covid has proved the futility of nationalist thinking A referendum could change the terms on which we engaged with the world, but it could not change the fact… By Gary Younge
A fractured United States Donald Trump’s brazen violations of democratic norms are not new, but a continuation of a political culture built on… By Gary Younge
We can’t breathe What connects the most brazen forms of state violence against black people and the struggles of BAME coronavirus patients is systemic… By Gary Younge
How Joe Biden became the front-runner to take on Trump The former vice president’s surge in the Democratic primaries reveals a split between those who aspire to transform the… By Gary Younge
What ever happened to Martin Luther King’s dream? The horrors of segregation bound the US civil rights movement together. Fifty years on from Martin Luther King’s great… By Gary Younge