Backlash blues
We should have seen Trump coming
Obama’s rise felt like a new chapter in American history. But the original sin of white supremacy was not so easily erased – which led to Trump’s election. By Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The chicken run
Blood, sweat and deceit at a UK poultry plant
We sent two undercover journalists to work at UK poultry plants in the supermarket supply chain and found some alarming food safety practices
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Lights out in the Playboy Mansion
Hugh Hefner, women’s liberator? Don’t make me laugh
I called the Playboy founder a pimp, and he threatened to sue. But that’s what the old sleaze – who died this week – was, writes Suzanne Moore
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No-platformed by the soft play area
Is Katie Hopkins at your child’s school?
The controversialist Katie Hopkins hopes to turn pupils’ minds with her mooted Stand Strong School Tour, but she may be surprised what she’s up against, writes Marina Hyde
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Revenge of the East?
How anger in the former GDR helped the AfD
In eastern Germany, voters who chose the far-right party in last week’s general election hark back to an era when locals were better off and there were no refugees
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'We take a vow of poverty'
The academics driven to sex work
Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures
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Revolutionary road
On the trail of Che Guevara’s last days in Bolivia
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death, our writer follows in his final footsteps in the Bolivian villages of La Higuera and Vallegrande
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The app that knew too much
‘Tinder has my deepest, darkest secrets’
When I asked Tinder for my data, it sent me 800 pages of intimate information – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. What if my data is hacked – or sold?
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Breaking bad
How to give up unwanted habits
With Stoptober and Sober October starting soon, we asked readers to tell us how they broke bad habits – and how this changed their life. Here’s what they said
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My best shot
‘I wanted to capture the beauty and horror of the fire,’ says photographer Kristi McCluer. ‘But then these golfers turned up and got in the way of my picture’
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