8268, 8328, 8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal shows the radical choice facing the Democrats The party’s new left has put forward the most transformative economic proposal since the Roosevelt era. By Grace Blakeley
8300, 8362, 8415, 8422, 8424 Is Facebook’s leadership incompetent, or malicious? It is increasingly difficult to say with a straight face that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are fit to run a company with as much global power as Facebook. By James Ball
8268 Will Theresa May’s Brexit deal bring down the British government? After several ministers resign over the deal, what’s next? Here’s everything you need to know By Jonn Elledge
8277, 8280 How Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald changes the Harry Potter backstory JK Rowling’s latest film includes new plot details that change the events of the original seven books. Warning: contains spoilers. By Anna Leszkiewicz
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 Democrats skew younger than the Republicans. How are they still losing the Meme Wars? Debating the party’s “Rule 34” without knowing that phrase’s subtext shows the Democrats are still leagues behind their opposition in understanding internet subculture. By Nicky Woolf
8277, 8279, 8405 Why we chose Robin Robertson’s The Long Take as the winner of the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize By Adam Mars-Jones
8277, 8279 The best books of 2018 Hilary Mantel, Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Michael Sandel, Nicola Sturgeon, Clive James and many others choose their books of the year. By New Statesman
8268, 8275, 8330 Why conspiracy theories are not just a harmless joke Conspiracy and modern anti-Semitism are deeply irrational world-views that developed in tandem and are almost impossible to disentangle. By Daniel Allington and David Toube
8268, 8275, 8272 What the rise of Piers Morgan tells us about modern Britain As a precocious tabloid editor, bullish presenter, friend of Trump and Twitter provocateur, Morgan has found the fame he dreamed of. But is there anything beneath the oily exterior? By Tanya Gold
8277, 8284 The disappearing giblets: why do chickens now come without livers, hearts and toenails? A Tesco spokesman tells me the company hasn’t sold them for “many, many years”. By Felicity Cloake
8415, 8416 #ProtectMueller: In the age of Donald Trump, crowds cheer for lawyers The same left that has opposed Jeff Sessions’ every move as attorney general was out on the streets protesting his departure. By Matthew Cortland
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Nevada voters elect dead brothel-owner Dennis Hof to state assembly The Cathouse star and owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel won by a comfortable margin despite having passed away in October. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 A blue wave gives Democrats the House, but the anti-Trump tsunami will have to wait The Senate remains in Republican hands, but only their unrealistic expectations gave the Democrats reasons to mourn. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Forget Congress: the most important midterm result was this Florida ballot initiative Amendment 4 – which passed on Tuesday – gives more than a million people with former felony convictions back the right to vote. By Mehdi Hasan
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 A new America is being born and the Democratic left are leading the way By Paul Mason
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Referendum on Trump? Two in three midterm voters cite the president as reason for voting Polling indicates that the majority of midterm voters see their vote as a yes or no for the president, and the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination played a big role. By Nicky Woolf
8277, 8304, 8279, 8405 Robin Robertson Q&A: “I was literally making it up as I went along” The poet discusses film noir, the lost heart of Los Angeles, and his Goldsmith Prize-winning verse novel The Long Take. By Leo Robson
8277, 8279, 8405 Why we chose Robin Robertson’s The Long Take as the winner of the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize By Adam Mars-Jones
8277, 8279 The best books of 2018 Hilary Mantel, Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Michael Sandel, Nicola Sturgeon, Clive James and many others choose their books of the year. By New Statesman
8277, 8283 Louis Theroux’s Altered States asks: can polyamory make couples happier? Monogamy is difficult; desire waxes and wanes. Is “ethical non-monogamy” the answer? By Rachel Cooke
8277, 8279 Dark-hearted dreamer: the double life of Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame charmed readers with The Wind in the Willows – but his personal life left tragedy in its wake. By Lyndall Gordon
8277, 8279 Enlightenment without end If we no longer seek virtue and salvation, we should blame the triumvirate of Machiavelli, Hobbes and Adam Smith. By John Gray
8300, 8362, 8415, 8422, 8424 Is Facebook’s leadership incompetent, or malicious? It is increasingly difficult to say with a straight face that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are fit to run a company with as much global power as Facebook. By James Ball
8277, 8283 Former John Lewis Christmas advert stars review 2018’s Elton John travesty Where are the unruly critters this year? By Anoosh Chakelian
8300, 8362, 8303 No Nut November: the insidious internet challenge encouraging men not to masturbate What may appear to be just another weird and bizarre internet challenge is underpinned by extreme misogyny and threats of violence. By Sarah Manavis
8268, 8272, 8277, 8283, 8300, 8362 What makes a Christmas advert political? You can romanticise war, but you can’t warn against climate change. By Anoosh Chakelian
8300, 8362, 8303 White women are posing as black on Instagram. Are the Kardashians to blame? The latest Instagram trend, in which white women alter their appearances to appear more ethnic, has been branded “the Kylie Jenner effect”. By Dorothy Musariri
8300, 8302 Fears about microchipping employees may be overblown, but it could still happen We can choose what kind of society we want to live in. By Mic Wright
8268, 8274, 8387 Dominic Raab’s resignation takes Britain to the brink of a no-deal exit Theresa May’s premiership is hanging by a thread, but more importantly, so is the United Kingdom. By Stephen Bush
8268 Will Theresa May’s Brexit deal bring down the British government? After several ministers resign over the deal, what’s next? Here’s everything you need to know By Jonn Elledge
8268, 8275, 8274, 8387 The Brexiteers only have themselves to blame for the UK’s disastrous fate By George Eaton
8268, 8274, 8387 As things stand, May’s Brexit deal is not going to pass parliament. So what’s next? There are not enough Labour rebels to cancel out the Tory Brexiteers, pro-EU Tories wanting another referendum and the DUP. By Stephen Bush
8320 Revenge of the nation state States such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and China are showing a brazen disregard for the rules-based international order. By John Bew
8268, 8328, 8269, 8274, 8387 This leaked plan to sell the Brexit deal ought to be unbelievable, but, terrifyingly, isn... It’s hard to tell if the incompetence proves this document is fake – or real. By Stephen Bush
