8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459 Can Joe Biden's transition team become a progressive administration? Progressive frustration with some of the president-elect’s appointments is premature, but the incoming administration must do more than avoid the worst excesses of the outgoing one. By Emily Tamkin
8415, 8456 Why Covid-19 vaccines offer cause for hope and concern Many are optimistic after news of two vaccines claiming 90 per cent efficacy. But the global search for the most potent immunisation continues – and the road ahead is unclear. By Anjana Ahuja
8300, 8455, 8415, 8456 How to tackle Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy The director of the Vaccine Confidence Project on why the number of anti-vaxxers has risen and how to respond. By Sophie McBain
8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8468 Why fretting over the US-UK “special relationship” overlooks its reality From bust-ups over busts to diplomatic gaffes, analysis of US-UK relations too often focuses on hoo-hahs and passing frenzies. By Emily Tamkin
8320, 8323, 8415, 8493, 8497, 8457, 8462, 8416, 8471 Why Moscow’s snowless winters are a warning to the world Russia’s warming climate has left it unmoored of its cultural foundations. By Felix Light
8320, 8323, 8415, 8457, 8462, 8416, 8468, 8470, 8473 How Viktor Orbán’s deepening power in Hungary is breaking the EU Amid a worsening coronavirus pandemic, the ruling party has a new target: LGBT Hungarians. By Ido Vock
8320, 8322, 8415, 8457, 8463, 8416, 8470, 8473 “Young people feel hopeless”: the Thai protesters revolting against authoritarian rule The country’s dramatic youth-led protests are dividing generations, families and the nation. By Jessie Lau
8415, 8457, 8459 The links between Trumpism and George W Bush go far beyond a contested election The effects of the 2000 presidential election are still being felt, 20 years on. By Emily Tamkin
8320, 8326, 8415, 8457, 8465, 8416, 8468, 8470, 8473 Conflict in Tigray is plunging Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism into crisis How a deepening conflict threatens to tear the country apart. By Ido Vock
8268, 8275, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8457, 8466, 8416, 8469, 8422, 8475 “Afterwards, I asked: ‘Who am I now?’”: How it feels to escape the far right Lauren Manning on the fear, danger and freedom of leaving the white supremacist movement. By Anoosh Chakelian
8320, 8322, 8415, 8457, 8463, 8416, 8470 Nathan Law: “Erosion of Hong Kong’s freedom has reached a new height” The pro-democracy activist on Beijing’s latest crackdown and how foreign powers should respond. By India Bourke
8508, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8468, 8470 What the US election 2020 reveals about America's Rust Belt A resurgence of progressive politics in America's former industrial heartlands is unlikely any time soon. By Jake Blumgart
8268, 8274 How should the government approach Christmas Covid restrictions? The government favours a top-down approach to coronavirus restrictions, but it should consider communicating risks instead. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8275, 8415, 8456, 8457, 8458, 8416, 8473 How to save the United Kingdom The pandemic has brutally exposed the dysfunctional British state. Nationalism is not the solution – but big change is required. Now is the time to decide how to act. By Gordon Brown
8268, 8274 What does Boris Johnson mean when he says the UK is ending “an era of retreat”? Electoral strategy may be a more important factor than defence in the Prime Minister's latest announcements. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8275 Boris Johnson’s elite cadre of fallen intellectuals, and Rabbi Sacks and the common good Last week, in an unedifying spectacle, the clercs in and around the Court of Boris in Westminster were tearing one another apart as they fought their various wars of position. By Jason Cowley
8268, 8274 Give health workers indefinite right to remain in the UK, urge cross-party MPs MPs have written to Jacob Rees-Mogg urging him to allow time to debate and pass a bill allowing NHS and social care workers the automatic right to stay in the UK By Ailbhe Rea
8277, 8279 What the cat knows How our feline companions can teach us to exist in the world. By Mark Rowlands
8268, 8275, 8274 There is something odd about the BBC’s decision-making over Fairytale of New York By Stephen Bush
8268, 8366, 8277, 8362, 8415, 8422, 8492 How Princess Diana became a millennial obsession The late princess has become a canvas on to which a generation of women have painted themselves. By Eleanor Peake
8366, 8277, 8278, 8415, 8457, 8458, 8422, 8485, 8492 How a Mary Wollstonecraft statue became a feminist battleground Since it was unveiled in north London, a new sculpture commemorating the feminist pioneer has found itself at the centre of a fierce debate. Why? By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
8277, 8279, 8415, 8422, 8475, 8474, 8405 Monique Roffey: “The job of a writer is to think and be independent” The Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novelist on her sixth novel The Mermaid of Black Conch, the power of myths and why there are no rules in literature. By Leo Robson
8277, 8282, 8515, 8415, 8422, 8490 McFly’s Young Dumb Thrills: an artificially wholesome school run soundtrack Noughties pop-punk boyband McFly, now in their thirties, return to music after a decade with the audio equivalent of a gratitude journal. By Emily Bootle
8508, 8268, 8300, 8362, 8303, 8415, 8416 Can the right thrive on Parler? Right-wing personalities are moving away from liberal social media “echo chambers”, but risk building a useless one of their own. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8303, 8415, 8493, 8496 How Zoom calls revived my social anxiety If you are instinctively shy or self-conscious, a video call is a uniquely awkward way to communicate. By Sophie McBain
8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8416, 8473 What is Parler? Inside the pro-Trump “unbiased” platform Billed as a defiant alternative to Twitter, the app has become synonymous with the alt-right and is gaining ground in the UK. By Sarah Manavis
8268, 8445, 8300, 8362, 8415, 8493 David Attenborough’s claim that humans have overrun the planet is his most popular comment A new study shows that Attenborough's unverified claims regarding overpopulation dominate social media discourse. By Sarah Manavis
8508, 8320, 8324, 8300, 8362, 8415, 8493, 8496, 8457, 8459, 8416, 8470 Revealed: Joe Biden has been hit harder by Twitter’s new retweet policy than Donald Trump New Statesman analysis suggests the changes have significantly limited the reach of the Democratic candidate’s tweets. By Katharine Swindells
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
