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There is no popular way to raise taxes, and with Labour tanking in the polls, my advice to the chancellor is this: do it anyway, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

To save democracy, here’s a mantra we should all live by

Films such as Frankenstein still use disability as shorthand for moral depravity. But human behaviour is far scarier than human appearance, says journalist Kathryn Bromwich

What is and is not constitutional is determined, in effect, by loyalists on the supreme court and their bad-faith enablers

The singer’s lyrics about an open marriage gone sour resonate with many women her age. They’re sick of pretending to be fine with relationships that are not, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As The Independent reveals new details about the catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that may have exposed to the Taliban details of thousands of Afghans who helped UK forces, wider questions now need to be asked about the way officialdom deals with data

As someone who still has anxiety dreams about high school exams, my heart goes out to the Queensland students who studied the wrong Roman emperor

Editorial: Though the US president’s meeting with Xi Jinping appears to have staved off a global trade war, this is far from a win for Washington

Editorial: Labour must not ignore the warnings contained in the updated index of multiple deprivation

It’s ridiculous for the government to splurge on defence while it slashes spending on its most valuable asset: culture, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins