North America The Minneapolis protests show how white America excuses its own violence The killing of George Floyd has, like other killings of black Americans, been quickly repurposed as a story about the violence of the ensuing protests. By Emily Tamkin
Health The peak Inside the mind of Dr Jim Down, a leading intensive care consultant, on the night of the peak number of deaths from Covid-19 in hospitals. By Edward Docx
Middle East Why Israel is stuck with Benjamin Netanyahu Despite failing to secure a decisive victory in three elections and being on trial for corruption charges, Netanyahu remains Israel’s prime minister. How has he held on for so long? By Alona Ferber
Europe How Covid-19 is transforming Russia’s power structures As Putin’s popularity falls while that of governors rises, the old centralised system is in flux. By Felix Light
Politics Experts warned Cameron's government the Lansley reforms would hobble Britain's epidemic response Documents from 2010-12 show that senior public health figures believed NHS reforms would leave Britain vulnerable in a pandemic. By Samuel Horti
Coronavirus Is Britain easing lockdown too soon? The UK's timetable for leaving lockdown is riskier than that of our European counterparts. By Ben Walker
UK The humbling of Dominic Cummings Boris Johnson’s chief strategist reached No 10 by pitting the people against the political elite and scorning the media. Now his hypocrisy is exposed. By Harry Lambert
Health Despite a global effort, an effective vaccine for Covid-19 will be a very long time coming To get meaningful results from trials, you need significant numbers of people to encounter coronavirus. By Phil Whitaker
TV & Radio Netflix’s The Big Flower Fight has its contestants to thank for its success The personalities that flourish on this show are those of the contestants: a wonderfully unconventional bunch. By Anna Leszkiewicz
Politics Sars, Ebola and Mers were near misses that led us to believe Covid-19 would pass us by too Each briefly threatened to become a pandemic, but those who dealt with them directly knew they could have caused far greater damage. By Ian Leslie
Feminism Political gaslighting, learning to write in American, and linking past and present Why gaslighting is not so much about outright lies but obfuscation and sleight-of-hand. By Helen Lewis
UK Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules, say three-quarters of voters Polling for the New Statesman reveals a high degree of public consensus over coverage of Boris Johnson's chief adviser. By Patrick Maguire
UK The Cummings debacle reveals the government’s greatest weaknesses and deadliest enemies Could this be the moment from which Boris Johnson’s administration never recovers? By Stephen Bush
UK The biggest test of the government will be whether it can prevent a second Covid-19 wave Can ministers ease the lockdown without a new spike in infections? By Stephen Bush
The Staggers How long can Nicola Sturgeon keep politics out of her pandemic response? As Scotland lifts some lockdown measures, differences in strategy and opinion will inevitably be politicised. By Chris Deerin
Education “I want to see my friends, but I'm scared”: How do children feel about going back to school? The New Statesman asks pupils what their views are on returning. By Eleanor Peake
UK Commons confidential: The end of the daily briefing? Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster. By Kevin Maguire
Film Why The Third Man remains as brilliant as ever Carol Reed’s postwar mystery, available to stream from this week, wears its greatness lightly. By Ryan Gilbey
Culture How Albert Camus’s The Plague became the defining book of the coronavirus crisis Camus’s novel, first published in 1947, has become a global sensation. It is, it seems, the novel for now. By Samuel Earle
TV & Radio Little Fires Everywhere – boring, improbable and hackneyed I know you’re desperate for a new box-set – but, boy, is this dull. By Rachel Cooke
Art & Design The greats outdoors: Alan Reynolds’s Legend in August Why Alan Reynolds was in fact two completely different artists. By Michael Prodger
Books The Adventures of China Iron: a daring, playful story The fourth novel by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara follows a young woman in pursuit of a freer life, and has been shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Books Breaking the Renaissance myth Culture and the universal genius were not the only things to thrive in this supposed golden age – so too did slavery and warfare. By Rowan Williams
Politics Sars, Ebola and Mers were near misses that led us to believe Covid-19 would pass us by too Each briefly threatened to become a pandemic, but those who dealt with them directly knew they could have caused far greater damage. By Ian Leslie
Health The other epidemic: how coronavirus triggered a surge in mental illness The behaviours necessary to fight Covid-19 are having painful psychological consequences. By Emily Bootle
North America Why we should be worried that Ivanka Trump has “taken the red pill” The US president’s daughter has confirmed that she, in common with others on the political fringes, denies widely accepted truths about society. By Sarah Manavis
Books Why we should not fight our fears A timely memoir investigates the benefits of being afraid. By Sophie McBain
North America Could remdesivir be the drug the world is waiting for to fight Covid-19? The antiviral medication will soon be used to treat NHS patients and the US and EU are rushing to authorise it for sale. By Patrick Mulholland
Middle East Why Israel is stuck with Benjamin Netanyahu Despite failing to secure a decisive victory in three elections and being on trial for corruption charges, Netanyahu remains Israel’s prime minister. How has he held on for so long? By Alona Ferber
Angela Merkel’s chancellorship “runs and runs” and lockdown is eased in Germany Why, despite being at the height of her powers, the chancellor will probably not seek a fifth term. And I say goodbye to Berlin for the first time in months. By Jeremy Cliffe
Observations China and the attractions of authoritarianism How the country has been hurt by Covid-19. By Rana Mitter
Mike Pompeo does not like answering questions about his actions, but soon he may have to There’s a sense that things are coming full circle for the US secretary of state. By Emily Tamkin
Asia Why has Kerala been so successful in tackling coronavirus? Smart strategies and decades of investment have helped the Indian state in the fight against Covid-19. By Sanjana Varghese
North America How Covid-19 has changed America’s 2020 campaigns This election year, everything is unprecedented and nothing is inevitable. By Emily Tamkin
On being ill 9 November 1918: An anonymous author traces the public’s cult of health back to ancient Greece. By Anonymous
Why soft-core porn fails to get a rise out of me 14 December 1973: Martin Amis reviews an array of pornographic magazines and finds it a detumescing experience. By Martin Amis (writing as Bruno Holbrook)
The unquiet mind of Hilary Mantel 5 October 2012: Sophie Elmhirst visits Hilary Mantel, her reputation on the rise, on the cusp of her second Booker Prize win. By Sophie Elmhirst
The government needs to know how afraid people are 9 June 2011: Rowan Williams, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, offers advice to the coalition. By Rowan Williams
Confessions of a Down and Out 18 March 1933: a former homeless man, WH Davies, reviews George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. By WH Davies
The upside-down world of Lewis Carroll 9 December 1939: The author was a man who spoke to the child in all of us. By Virginia Woolf
