8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Meet Veronica Escobar, the El Paso Democrat fighting Trump’s “racist” immigration policy Escobar will likely be the first Latina to represent Texas in Congress. She’s sure she can turn the red state blue if she can persuade traditional non-voters turn out. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8321, 8324, 8415, 8416 Kushner says the Khashoggi “scandal will pass”. Worse still, he might be right A recurring pattern during the Trump administration has been that while public outrage can be effective in the short-term, it rarely brings about long-term policy changes. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 I was Dennis Hof’s last ever interview, on the night he died. This is what I learned. Working on a profile, I went to see the brothel-owner, reality TV star, and “Trump of Pahrump” speak at his birthday party in Nevada. It would turn out to be a strange, and fateful, evening. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Meet Lauren Underwood, the 31-year-old Democrat hoping to shake up Illinois politics The registered nurse would be the first woman and the first African-American to represent her district. By Sophie McBain
From Ted Bundy to Jeffrey Dahmer, what it’s like to be part of a serial killer fandom The internet has provided sanctuary for fervent followers of infamous serial killers. By Thomas Hobbs
8320, 8324 Kanye West’s praise for Trump reveals the appeal of the daddy dictator West said he “didn’t have a lot of male energy in my home.” The implication being that Donald Trump could give him what he so desperately craved. By Dave Schilling
8277, 8279 The modernist spirit is alive and well in Gabriel Josipovici’s The Cemetery in Barnes In this Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel, as elsewhere, Josipovici favours a sort of insidious obliqueness. By Leo Robson
8277, 8280 Michael Moore wants to win the war against Trump The director of Fahrenheit 11/9 explains what Hitler and Trump have in common, and why he’s hopeful for the new wave of left-wing candidates politicised by decades of corporate greed. By Paul Mason
8277, 8279 Too socialist for the suffragettes: the left’s forgotten women Early female socialists never figure in any roll-call of great suffragettes, because they objected on principle to a campaign that would leave so many disenfranchised. By Emily Thornberry
8320, 8321 Drinking whisky in the ruins of Idlib, Syria’s last bastion of resistance When the city falls to the regime, through blood or by negotiation, the war against Assad will, finally, be lost. By Jeremy Bowen
8268, 8387 A view from the border: Ireland on the brink of Brexit With a declining Catholic church, a gay premier and a politically astute citizenry, Ireland has come of age. But on the border old wounds are reopening. By Matthew Engel
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 I was Dennis Hof’s last ever interview, on the night he died. This is what I learned. Working on a profile, I went to see the brothel-owner, reality TV star, and “Trump of Pahrump” speak at his birthday party in Nevada. It would turn out to be a strange, and fateful, evening. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Meet Veronica Escobar, the El Paso Democrat fighting Trump’s “racist” immigration policy Escobar will likely be the first Latina to represent Texas in Congress. She’s sure she can turn the red state blue if she can persuade traditional non-voters turn out. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Meet Lauren Underwood, the 31-year-old Democrat hoping to shake up Illinois politics The registered nurse would be the first woman and the first African-American to represent her district. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 FBI Director Wray contradicts Trump: Kavanaugh investigation was “limited” by White House Testifying before the Senate, Christopher Wray confirmed that the investigation was “limited in scope,” despite claims to the contrary. By Nicky Woolf
8415, 8416, 8417 Nikki Haley’s advice to an anonymous official offers a clue to her resignation The US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will be leaving her post at the end of the year. By Sophie McBain
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416 Without Our Consent: The Kavanaugh hearings show how power operates in patriarchy The Kavanaugh hearings show how power operates in patriarchy. By Laurie Penny
From Ted Bundy to Jeffrey Dahmer, what it’s like to be part of a serial killer fandom The internet has provided sanctuary for fervent followers of infamous serial killers. By Thomas Hobbs
8277, 8280 First Man has vivid, luminous cinematography, but it’s hard to say what it’s really about It’s hard to discern Damien Chazelle’s motive for making this Neil Armstrong biopic, his first film since La La Land. By Ryan Gilbey
8277, 8278 Banksy’s art-shredding stunt was fishier than a tin of anchovies But as performance art it is undoubtedly his masterpiece. By Michael Prodger
8268, 8277, 8279, 8320, 8324 From Miss Trunchbull to Donald Trump: why Matilda is the perfect icon for resistance A statue of the Roald Dahl character defying the president points to reasons to be hopeful even when it feels as though little stands in the way of barbaric, vainglorious power. By Holly Thomas
8277, 8279 The agony and the destiny: Friedrich Nietzsche’s descent into madness Nietzsche was overlooked for most of his career. By the time his genius was discovered, his health had rapidly deteriorated. By Ray Monk
8320, 8321, 8324, 8415, 8416 Kushner says the Khashoggi “scandal will pass”. Worse still, he might be right A recurring pattern during the Trump administration has been that while public outrage can be effective in the short-term, it rarely brings about long-term policy changes. By Sophie McBain
8300, 8362, 8303 Vlogtober: the month-long vlogging spree destroying YouTubers’ lives Vlogtober is a YouTube subscriber’s paradise. It's also a YouTuber’s hell. By Sarah Manavis
8277, 8284 All you need for the perfect sourdough bread is a superhuman starter As a serial murderer of house plants I’m relieved to find that, in theory at least, “starters are actually really hard to kill”. By Felicity Cloake
8268, 8332, 8320, 8321 Reports that the Saudis want Man Utd show the murky insularity of the football rumour mill Stories about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s interest in the club manage to ignore the swirling accusations against him. By Arun Kakar
8277, 8305, 8300, 8303, 8302 Someone else’s private messages: how smartphones turned voyeurism into fiction Unrd tells a story in real time, through the medium of a mobile phone. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8362, 8303 Facebook’s data breach shows us how the internet is broken - and we’re making it worse Online data security is fundamentally broken, and the more we link accounts the worse it will get. By James Ball
8268, 8320, 8325 Brazil is set to elect a fascist as president, and business is on board It is our generation’s wake up call. By Paul Mason
8268 Why national populism is here to stay Those yearning for a new liberal centrist politics are going to be disappointed – but can they offer an alternative? By Matthew Goodwin
8320, 8321, 8415, 8416 The murder of Jamal Khashoggi shows the danger of Trump’s anti-press rhetoric The president has consistently referred to press as “the enemy of the people”. With horrifying inevitability, people are taking him at his word. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8322 Moon Jae-in’s diplomatic dance towards peace with North Korea South Korea’s president has to negotiate the competing demands of Trump, Kim Jong-un and China. By Lawrence Freedman
8320, 8321 In Idlib, a father’s dreams hang on the Turkey-Russia deal The last rebel stronghold in Syria has survived – for now. By Anchal Vohra
8320, 8323 How Tony Blair is still revered as the saviour of the Kosovan Albanians Many Kosovan children, now aged 18, were named “Tonibler” by grateful parents in honour of our former PM. By Phil Jones
