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What do we remember when we remember 9/11?
Our remembrance of the 2001 attacks is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails Americans. Our remembrance of 9/11 is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails...
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Tories fear voters won’t forgive Boris Johnson for his broken promises
The scenario alarming Conservative MPs is that the social care plan will fail and that yet more tax rises will be needed. An impatient Boris Johnson was pestering Downing Street officials...
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Sitting out 9/11 with Blink-182
On 12 September 2001, I sought refuge at the California home of the manager of the band Blink-182. The third world war was inevitable and its soundtrack was lightweight pop-punk. Flags and warships –...
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How the freak economics of the Thatcher years warped boomers’ views on tax...
View the full image Those who lived through the oil boom have a distorted sense of today’s economic trends. But they’re the ones driving the social care debate.“To understand the man,” Napoleon...
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The Cumbria coal mine debacle shows the incoherence of UK climate policy
At a time when the UK is aiming for net-zero emissions, coal from the proposed mine would emit 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.“Coal, cars, cash and trees.” These are the four...
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How the war on terror changed America
The US has spent the 20 years since 9/11 surveilling, policing and terrorising people within its own borders. The “theatre of war” is a term used to describe the area in land, sea or air that becomes...
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More senior journalists join the New Statesman
The New Statesman expands with senior environment, audience and comment hires.The New Statesman has filled three new senior roles to enhance its coverage of environmental issues, launch a new comment...
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Nicola Sturgeon is refusing to back down on trans rights – but resistance is...
The First Minister wants to make Scotland a global poster child for progressive, tolerant government. But is she doing the opposite? Depending on where you stand in the debate, Nicola Sturgeon’s...
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Kacey Musgraves’s Star-Crossed: clichéd, overproduced country pop
The clear-sightedness of the artist’s Grammy Award-winning album Golden Hour has evaporated. Kacey Musgraves’s 2018 album Golden Hour, a collection of luminous love songs, has been the stand-out...
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Why the government’s argument for cutting Universal Credit isn’t credible
Ministers’ claim that cutting benefits incentivises work ignores how many claimants are in work already. According to reports in the Financial Times, there is much concern within government about the...
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Are Islamic philosophers critical of authority?
Irreverence is a feature of Western thought, but in Islamic philosophy failing to question power is an intellectual sin. Whatever the phrase “medieval philosophy” calls to mind for you, I’m guessing...
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Boris Johnson is exploiting the public’s misunderstanding of National Insurance
Until NI is recognised as a tax, politicians will continue to raid the pay packets of the poorest to fund benefits for the wealthy. After years of writing about intergenerational inequality and the...
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Why Unite's new leadership presents an opportunity to revive worker power
Sharon Graham’s election as Unite general secretary opens the way for a more remote relationship with Labour and a timely emphasis on workplace organisation. Sharon Graham’s shock election as Unite’s...
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Labour needs a radical social care alternative – and fast
The party must support a free and universal personal care system funded by the wealthy. Rushed, muddled, half-baked and inadequate though it is, the new Health and Social Care Levy represents a...
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Why Tory MPs won’t rebel over Boris Johnson’s National Insurance hike
While there is no enthusiastic support for the health and social care proposals among Conservatives, it is at least “swallowable”. The Conservative rebellion against Boris Johnson’s national insurance...
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Who are the winners and losers of Boris Johnson’s social care reforms?
If you live in the north or earn under £50,000, you’re going to get the worst deal from the government’s social care reforms.In his first speech as Prime Minister on 24 July 2019, standing outside No...
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Does punishing adults for their childhood mistakes really improve society?
The Marc Bola case is the latest example of the dangers of a culture of retrospective shame. We live in an age where we are expected to be perfect. Aesthetically, this is self-evident – take a look at...
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From the NS archive: Old wine in new skins
10 May 1913: A tale of poverty and tragedy in modernising Japan.In this piece of fictional reportage, Chute Collum (full name Vera Christina Chute Collum), a remarkable woman – journalist, suffragist,...
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How the drug ivermectin became such a dangerous Covid meme
Joe Rogan announced he’s been taking it, Alex Jones popped pills on air – but is there any evidence this “miracle drug” actually works? In his book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins coined the term...
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From the NS archive: Take another chance
18 December 1992: A major Swedish export has come out of the closet.Abba, the Swedish pop group that last week released their first new music in 40 years, have not always been cool. As Amanda...
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