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Opinion

  • Moira Donegan

    Both Trump and Harris are swinging to the ‘center’. What does that even mean?

    Moira Donegan
    Any voter who is still undecided a month from the election seems like the sort who is unlikely to even remember to vote
  • two men stand and look at fallen tree and debris in front yard

    We’re still finding dead neighbors in North Carolina. We need help

    Morgan L Sykes
  • People attend a protest against the government and show support for kidnapped hostages in Tel Aviv.

    We must insist that out of the 7 October tragedy must come lasting peace

    Jo-Ann Mort
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    Donald Trump’s Hitlerian logic is no mistake

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Rebecca Solnit

    Hurricane Helene is a humanitarian crisis – and a climate disaster

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Leonard Leo, wearing a suit and tie, speaks in front of cameras

    Two men have re-engineered the US electoral system in favor of Republicans

    David Daley

  • Does Melania Trump really think her pro-choice messaging will fool us?

    Moira Donegan

  • JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the anti-democracy movement in the US

    Robert Reich

  • JD Vance’s debate lines were so polished you could forget they made no sense

    Moira Donegan

  • JD Vance’s slick performance can’t hide the danger of another Trump presidency

    Margaret Sullivan

  • Vance or Walz: who won the VP debate? Our panel responds

    Moustafa Bayoumi, LaTosha Brown, Ben Davis, Lloyd Green, Arwa Mahdawi and Bhaskar Sunkara

  • Donald Trump is gaining on Kamala Harris in the polls. I have some theories why

    Robert Reich

  • The leaked dossier on JD Vance is revealing in all the things it doesn’t say

    Moira Donegan

  • Democratic voters want Kamala Harris to stand up for Palestinians. Will she?

    Judith Levine
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World view

  • Owen Jones

    On the streets of Vienna, I saw Austrians’ rage at the march of the far right – but also their helplessness

    Owen Jones
  • Marina Hyde

    Keir Starmer is an unforced error machine – have they tried turning him off and on again?

    Marina Hyde
  • Ranjana Srivastava

    When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to our patients to get it right

    Ranjana Srivastava

  • When a Heinz advert features racist stereotypes to sell pasta sauce, it’s vital to speak out. So I did

    Nels Abbey

  • Today, our hearts are breaking for the children of Gaza. Tomorrow, we must give them peace

    Gordon Brown

  • Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem

    Shada Islam

  • Britain needs to abandon its delusions of empire – giving up the Chagos Islands is a good start

    Simon Jenkins

  • Across the west, the right is rebranding itself as champions of the common folk. Will it work in Australia?

    Peter Lewis

  • Is the Sue Gray debacle another Hartlepool moment for Keir Starmer? Let’s hope so

    Rafael Behr

  • Pro-war, anti-Netanyahu: that has been the Israeli liberal conundrum in a terrible year

    Aluf Benn

  • British Muslims deserve safety and belonging. War in Gaza has made us fear we’ll lose both

    Zara Mohammed

Editorials

  • Oil supertankers anchored at the Bandar Abbas Anchorage, in the Straits of Hormuz, bridging the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman - one of the most important waterways for the export of petroleum, from which 20% of the world's petroleum production passes through the narrow straits.<br>MN29Y4 Oil supertankers anchored at the Bandar Abbas Anchorage, in the Straits of Hormuz, bridging the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman - one of the most important waterways for the export of petroleum, from which 20% of the world's petroleum production passes through the narrow straits.

    The Guardian view on Israel and Iran: there will be no winners from an all-out war

  • JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 04, 2016: Narrow street with souvenir shops as minaret on background in Muristan - christian quarter, popular tourist destin<br>JF89AA JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 04, 2016: Narrow street with souvenir shops as minaret on background in Muristan - christian quarter, popular tourist destin

    The Observer view on the Middle East: a year on, there is only one way to a credible peace

    • Chagos islanders at the high court in 2019.

      The Guardian view on Britain ceding the Chagos Islands: a welcome step towards justice

    • Pro-Palestinian protesters stop traffic outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on 26 September 2024.

      The Guardian view on US leadership: war in the Middle East accelerates American decline

    • Soldiers from the Sudanese Armed Forces on a troop carrier.

      The Observer view on Sudan: decisive action is needed to avert catastrophe, but where is the will?

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