Nearly 4m fewer UK working days in past year due to strike action, study says ( www.theguardian.com )
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay
Hollywood writers union mulls proposal from studios that would end strike ( www.theguardian.com )
Ohio Republicans bet voters would dilute their own power. They lost ( www.theguardian.com )
Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency ( www.theguardian.com )
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[The Guardian] Texas woman mowing lawn attacked by snake and hawk – at the same time ( www.theguardian.com )
Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love ( www.theguardian.com )
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All I want is a job with a decent number of hours – why is that so hard to find? - Sharron Spice, The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
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Conservative calls for women to have more babies hide pernicious motives | Kenan Malik ( www.theguardian.com )
"There are good reasons for expanding affordable childcare and funding proper parental leave; not because this might increase the fertility rate but because such policies are good for women, for children and for society. There are good reasons for thinking more concretely about the consequences of falling birthrates and the...
‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory ( www.theguardian.com )
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‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers ( www.theguardian.com )
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Mr Spock belting out showtunes? How Star Trek became a fizzy, frantic romp ( www.theguardian.com )
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The big idea: is it too late to stop extremism taking over politics? ( www.theguardian.com )
Where did it all go right for Biden? Facts blunt Republican attack lines ( www.theguardian.com )
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign bankrolled by Republican mega-donor ( www.theguardian.com )
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How TikTok bombards young men with misogynistic videos ( www.theguardian.com )
If I mention the ‘modern male struggle’, do you roll your eyes? It’s time to stop looking away | Gaby Hinsliff ( www.theguardian.com )
[The Guardian] ‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens ( www.theguardian.com )
News: Tax complaint filed against rightwing parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty ( www.theguardian.com )
Michigan attorney alleges organization, named an extremist group by Southern Poverty Law Center, in violation of non-profit status
News: A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district ( www.theguardian.com )
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit...
‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president ( www.theguardian.com )
News: Ron DeSantis slashes more than a third of staff as campaign flounders ( www.theguardian.com )
Florida governor and Republican presidential hopeful cuts 38 jobs, including two senior advisers
Republicans target abortion pill access as government shutdown threat looms ( www.theguardian.com )
A Republican-backed spending bill threatens to end national access to mail-order abortion pills and cut billions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) that provides low-income families with food benefits....