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Those who prefer a map to an app abound in the age of GPS

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by John Harris on how we are increasingly leaving navigation to our phones

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: As Just Stop Oil disbands, how will we remember the radical climate activist group?

In today’s newsletter: Notorious for its disruptive protests, the group’s radical tactics may be best known as a turning point in climate resistance

The Guardian - UK

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

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RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human difference, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class review – a complicated class portrait

Journalist Joel Budd travels around Britain demolishing Brexit myths in a nuanced study of a social group too often reduced to a cartoon by politicians

The Guardian - UK

America has been an unwelcoming place for years

Letters: Peter Anderson on why he avoids transit through US airports on his extensive travels. Plus a letter from Bob Sampson

The Guardian - UK

As a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it

For many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those too, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

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Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo

The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin

The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Why it’s nearly impossible to build a perfect March Madness bracket — explained by mathematicians

With the first three rounds of March Madness over and the Elite Eight about to play, Brittany Miller writes about why your bracket has likely already been busted — and will continue to be at this stage, for years to come

The Independent UK

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – a father and his autistic son bond through music

An honest and intensely moving book about the struggle of parenthood and the power of connection

The Guardian - UK

In a town far from Whitehall, I saw how devastating Labour’s cuts will be. When will ministers wake up?

A day with a care worker in Bury showed me the intolerable pressures of her life – and then I heard the news of a new squeeze on benefits, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice

After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly

The Guardian - UK

Spotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music

Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlists, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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In Pontypool, I saw the looming threat of Nigel Farage – and how Labour is playing into his hands

Instead of bowing to rightwing populism, Starmer should take it on by rebuilding towns – and giving people the security they crave, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Migrant health and care workers deserve better than this

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris in which he reflects on a ‘bitter absurdity’ at the heart of British life

The Guardian - UK

It’s the Kemi delusion: the more the Tories run towards Reform, the more their voters will run to the Lib Dems

Part of the genius of UK Conservatism used to be how it responded to chaos using the balm of tradition. Secondhand Trumpism will only alienate its voters further, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted

My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Starmer’s dislike of real politics is plain to see. It’s why his government has no direction

In power, Labour’s agenda has been stripped back to an empty obsession with growth and an imitation of Reform UK. The public isn’t falling for it, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Think Trumpism couldn’t take root and flourish in Britain? Think again

In the shadow of a defunct Amazon warehouse in Staffordshire, I spoke to people who felt the appeal of a strongman leader who ‘does what he says’, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

How disabled adults are sidelined by social care

Letters: Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souter worries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer

The Guardian - UK

Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle

When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth?

A damning report shows how local news cuts stymied coverage of the riots in Plymouth. What fills the vacuum? Misinformation, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s new year resolution? It needs a better story. Here’s one Starmer could tell

There’s a solid social-democratic narrative this government could use – if only its leaders would actually try, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs – Labour must tread carefully

With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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