8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8470 US election swing states: Georgia on our minds Why the southern state continues to cause hope and heartache for Democrats. By Emily Tamkin
8508, 8268, 8296, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416 America and the politics of pain Gravely ill in hospital with sepsis, our writer had a revelation on how Donald Trump transformed the US’s inequalities into a suicidal tribalism. By Timothy Snyder
8508, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416 Why I’m starting to doubt my long-held belief that Trump will win the US election Two unexpected developments have forced me (tentatively) to reconsider my initial prediction about how 3 November will end. By Emily Tamkin
8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8462 What Macron's clash with Islamism means for his presidency After the murder of a history teacher for alleged blasphemy, the French president’s rhetoric on terrorism and security is hardening. By Ido Vock
8300, 8362, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8470 Why is Mark Zuckerberg gambling with the principles of an open web? The Facebook CEO's newfound support for the revision of a key internet law has raised questions about his motives. By Laurie Clarke
8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8470 Why you should be confident that Joe Biden is going to win the US election Many different types of poll agree: Donald Trump is no more popular than he was in 2016, while Biden is far more popular than Hillary Clinton. By Harry Lambert
8268, 8328, 8415, 8416, 8472 Is neoliberalism really dead? The fantasy of neoliberalism’s demise may be pleasurable for some but it lives on in the scrum of interests and institutions. By Quinn Slobodian
8277, 8280, 8415, 8493, 8497, 8416, 8469, 8422, 8476 How can film narrate the climate crisis? New documentaries featuring David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg are uneasy about their stars' hero status. By India Bourke
8508, 8415, 8457, 8459 How Joe Biden’s foreign policy would not be a total departure from that of Donald Trump If he triumphs in the election on 3 November, Biden’s approach could come as a rude awakening for some Europeans. By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8415, 8493, 8495, 8496, 8416 The rise of the technopopulists From Macron’s En Marche! to the Conservatives’ “Get Brexit Done”: how populists embraced the language of science and expertise. By Chris Bickerton
8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8470 Why the gap between bookmakers and pollsters could bode well for Trump If the betting markets accurately reflect the true state of play, then the US president stands a reasonable chance of victory. By Patrick Scott
8508 Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court With eight days to go until the presidential election, Republicans confirm Barrett to a lifetime appointment. By Emily Tamkin
8268, 8298, 8274 Polling: Majority of public want government to pay for free school meals over Christmas Exclusive polling for the New Statesman reveals most people support free school meals for children in the holidays – including Tory voters. By Anoosh Chakelian
8268, 8275 The greatest danger to Rishi Sunak comes not from his enemies but from his allies This month, for the first time in his career, the Chancellor has had to experience, if not mortality, then at least retreat. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8328, 8298, 8269 People work for six weeks unpaid in “abhorrent practice” hidden by a gap in DWP data The Department for Work and Pensions lets employers trial jobseekers for up to 30 working days without paying them wages. By Anoosh Chakelian
8268, 8296, 8300, 8455, 8415, 8456 Devi Sridhar: “The longer the UK delays lockdown, the longer it will last” The Edinburgh professor on how Britain has failed against Covid-19 and why the best way to save the economy is to protect public health. By George Eaton
8508, 8268, 8275, 8415, 8457, 8458 Why a Joe Biden win would be disastrous for Boris Johnson The world stage will be a far lonelier place for the Prime Minister without Donald Trump in the White House. By Martin Fletcher
8268, 8298 By refusing to extend free school meals, the government exposes its warped idea of poverty When neither work nor the welfare system pays, child hunger is not something families can escape through budgeting. By Anoosh Chakelian
8277, 8279 Hermione Lee on how to write a life Lee is known for her landmark biographies of writers such as Virginia Woolf and Edith Wharton. Now, she has taken on her first living subject: Tom Stoppard. By Anna Leszkiewicz
8523, 8268, 8269, 8415, 8456, 8422, 8423 Why even the pandemic couldn’t kill fast fashion As online clothing sales recover in the wake of Covid-19, our unsustainable habit is proving hard to quit. By Emily Bootle
8277, 8278 How Akseli Gallen-Kallela captured Finland In his painting of one of the country’s many lakes, Gallen-Kallela saw a nation rippling into life. By Michael Prodger
8277, 8279 The radical legacy of Shulamith Firestone Why Firestone’s groundbreaking manifesto The Dialectic of Sex, first published in 1970, still feels radical today. By Erin Maglaque
8277, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8469, 8422, 8475 What the rise of Reagan tells us about the age of Trump Rick Perlstein's Reaganland charts the conservative counter-revolution that moved the US to the right. By Nick Burns
8277, 8279, 8415, 8422, 8475 How Robert Tressell’s novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists became a sacred text for aspiring socialists Despite an erratic publishing history, Tressell's ferocious satire became ubiquitous in the early 20th century, and soon entered the working-class canon. By Alan Taylor
8300, 8362, 8303, 8415, 8493, 8496 QAnon: how a paranoid delusion is growing in the UK An American conspiracy theory popular with Donald Trump supporters has spread to Britain, radicalising level-headed people and turning them into fantasists. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8362, 8363, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8416 How the Cambridge Analytica scandal unravelled The notion that the contentious British firm played a pivotal role in the Trump and Brexit votes has become ever harder to maintain. By Laurie Clarke
8272, 8419, 8300 Freedom of information: how your right to know is being quietly removed As the government refuses more requests for public records than ever before, information is becoming available only to those that can afford it. By Laurie Clarke
8508, 8300 Palantir IPO: why the secretive data giant is cosying up to Donald Trump America's political and social divisions have spread to its tech sector, with far-reaching implications. By Oscar Williams
8300, 8362, 8303, 8302, 8415, 8493, 8496 How the rich and famous stole OnlyFans from sex workers Sex workers brought tens of millions of people to the subscriber-only social network. Now they say it’s dumping them in favour of celebrities. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8364, 8302, 8415, 8493, 8494, 8495, 8416, 8473 What facial recognition technology means Proponents of the surveillance technology often liken it to CCTV, but it is much more invasive. By Sanjana Varghese
