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Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong, asks Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

From oil to S-400s: The calculus behind Putin’s India visit

As Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on Thursday for the 23rd India–Russia annual summit, the visit comes at a moment when continuity and change sit side by side in the relationship.

Newslaundry

Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy

If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe

The Guardian - AU

The jury is still out on David Lammy’s ‘swift court’ reforms

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The lord chancellor is right to adopt urgent measures to tackle a court backlog that is ruining lives and depriving so many of justice – but even if it takes years, the general presumption of a basic right to trial by jury must be restored

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The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it’s wrong to remove a pillar of British justice

Editorial: Instead of rebuilding a cash-starved system, ministers propose removing protections. The country needs investment, not the hollowing out of justice

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

Editorial: The Angiolini inquiry and a new report on Hillsborough make the need for new laws and higher standards in police forces brutally clear

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Won’t somebody please think of England’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The Guardian - UK

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

She’s far from the only celebrity to have declared her intention to live outside the US. As with many others though, it looks like a reverse ferret could be in the works, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

I was at the India-Pakistan Oxford Union Debate and here’s what happened.

The Oxford Union – long celebrated as a cradle of free speech and the stage for some of history’s most consequential debates – was meant to host another landmark discussion last week.

Newslaundry

John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump?

Under the chief justice, the US supreme court has bolstered authoritarian agendas while undercutting the voice of voters

The Guardian - US

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to

Technical prowess must not come at the cost of good bedside manner – and being able to balance facts with empathy

The Guardian - AU

Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

It’s week two of budget black-hole gate. When will it all end? Probably after the May elections, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress, the media and within the general population. That has got to change

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What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White

The Guardian - UK

Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

Twenty-four tiny drawers of fun stuff sounds delightful – but not when you’re the one filling the thing, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - US

The White House’s new media ‘bias’ tracker is a desperate gimmick

The site isn’t exposing misleading reporting – it’s revealing the bubble Trump increasingly inhabits

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It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in society. In fact it was aimed at the bond markets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - AU

The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador

After eight years, $15bn and endless disruptions, seeing people flood the new platforms feels like a true reopening of the city

The Independent UK

This PM has changed the Labour Party once – he must now do so again

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Steering the party from the nadir of Corbynism to a landslide majority is Keir Starmer’s greatest achievement – but he now faces his stiffest test in tackling its drift back towards old Labour refuseniks who are hampering pro-growth change

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The Guardian view on OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors

Editorial: The government is trapped between Labour’s instincts and bond traders’ demands. Sensible fixes exist, but require imagination ministers have yet shown

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on men’s health: the needs of different groups can only be addressed in a functioning system

Editorial: The specific health issues faced by boys and men deserve attention. But waiting lists stand in the way of improvement

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Your Party’s antics assume a luxury the left does not have: time

Legal spats, public denunciations and an obsession with internal process must be consigned to the past, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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