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‘We thought we were safe here’: what New York queer community feels ahead of America’s 250th birthday‘We thought we were safe here’: what New York queer community feels ahead of America’s 250th birthday

While events celebrating America take place ahead of Fourth of July, the LGBTQ+ community faced a more complicated reality during their own month of celebration Most people know that the first Pride was a riot – a 1969 protest outside the New York City gay bar the Stonewall Inn – ...

Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’

The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth For 12 glorious days in June, Elon Musk experienced something nobody else in the history of humankind has ever experienced: trillionaire status. Did all those zeros make Musk happy? Did the army of children he ...

A generational shift is transforming the US-Israel relationship | Kenneth RothA generational shift is transforming the US-Israel relationship | Kenneth Roth

The Iran war has accelerated the fraying of ties. An end to unconditional US support would force a reckoning with reality A generational shift is under way in the relationship between the United States and Israel. Tensions were already palpable because of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu’s role in ...

‘I hadn’t seen people smiling until I arrived in the UK’: one man’s harrowing journey from Yemen to safety‘I hadn’t seen people smiling until I arrived in the UK’: one man’s harrowing journey from Yemen to safety

After being arrested, beaten and targeted for conscription, Amal Sahel realised he needed to leave his country. But his journey to Europe was fraught with danger When Amal Sahel* was 15, he and his friends found a long length of metal lying abandoned in the street. The boys thought immediately ...

‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings

Trusted by millions, the finance expert has seen his name and face used to mis-sell a string of fake investments. And yet, he says, it would be ‘very simple’ for the government to stop them This month, an email from a consumer landed in Martin Lewis’s inbox. It was from ...

Never mind the Bayeux! Here’s some other great medieval art – and it’s freeNever mind the Bayeux! Here’s some other great medieval art – and it’s free

Want to see some old wonders but don’t fancy forking out £33 for 40 minutes with a tapestry? Our critic celebrates the British treasures you can see all year round – from monstrous crypt carvings to the vaulting glory of our cathedrals There’s a carved stone character grimacing furiously in ...

‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind

Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any difference? In 2017, a 33-year-old political philosopher named Iason Gabriel was told by a friend that he ...