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Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’
Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is …

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From the archive: the free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis
From the archive: the free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis

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, …

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‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2

Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed …

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Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence
Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence

A rise of murders is traumatising inmates and staff, and making life harder for staff. But even in prison, violence isn’t inevitable Written and read…

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From the archive: The King of Kowloon: my search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong
From the archive: The King of Kowloon: my search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong

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, …

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We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home
We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home

Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We f…

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‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?

During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s henchmen are still around – and even working with the new govern…

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From the archive: The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
From the archive: The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis

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, …

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‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero
‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero

The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in C…

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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’

Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals By Sonia F…

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