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For our cover essay, @RGurumurthy argues that Labour lacks a plan for government—so he proposes his own: prospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
The World Cup trophy’s aesthetic “was tailored to that of the president’s—an enormous piece of gold kitsch.” David Goldblatt on Trump’s strange bromance with Fifa boss Gianni Infantino
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As Keir Starmer announces a social media ban for under-16s, it’s a great time to revisit @EthanZ’s essay from our last edition—a nuanced take on the harms and benefits of social media for kids
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As a bullied child with Fairbank’s disease, @RBReich learned that “our moral responsibility is to protect the weak from the strong”. He speaks to to @ben_clark56 about his new memoir
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“So here we are, ten years after Brexit... Taking back control from the unelected Brussels bureaucrats and handing it to Musk, Vance, Farage,” writes @arusbridgerprospectmagazine.co.uk/polit…
Post-Brexit Britain doesn’t feel particularly “British”
Dangerous rhetoric about migrants has become mainstream again, writes @arusbridger. The violent impact is now being played out on the streets 🧵
Khaled Alkhani was seven years old when his father was taken by Assad regime troops. Four decades on, Khaled joined a legal case to hold the man alleged to be responsible to account @TBIJprospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas…
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @arusbridger argues the riots in Belfast are the ultimate product of Brexit. Plus: what’s going on at Bari Weiss’s CBS?
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With their first game of the World Cup just days away, Mark Damazer outlines the pain, delusion and hope of following the Three Lions
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To change the food system and halt the crisis, Carlo Petrini warned, we need food that is “good, clean and fair”. He died on 21st May
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Climate fiction is everywhere—on prize shortlists, in critics’ inboxes, in your summer stack. But only 26% of readers report a positive emotional response to the genre.
@susiemesure investigates the cli-fi paradox: prospectmagazine.co.uk/cultu…
Party memberships have fallen sharply in recent decades. Yet party members are still handed the task of selecting prime ministers. @PeterKellner1 argues this isn’t as “democratic” as it sounds
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Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement, sought to “sow utopia”. In this month’s obituary, Geoff Andrews remembers a man who changed the way we eat
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For decades, Robert Reich has waged a lonely struggle against corporate greed. What can Democrats learn from his failures?
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The Rwanda scheme was illiberal and misconceived, writes DAT Green. Only four individuals were voluntarily relocated, each of them costing about £67.5m each
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