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Back to Search‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning
Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried…
9 months ago
Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and i…
9 months ago
From the archive: The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
9 months, 1 week ago
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show hum…
9 months, 1 week ago
From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction
Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to …
9 months, 1 week ago
From the archive: Divine comedy: the standup double act who turned to the priesthood
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying By Peter Brannen. Rea…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films?
When the streaming giant began making films guided by data that aimed to please a vast audience, the results were often generic, forgettable, artless…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
From the archive: Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain
On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were enjoying a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming By Jo…
9 months, 3 weeks ago