The Long Read
Canberra isn’t censoring free speech — the tech companies are
Big American companies are setting the shape and structure of Australian public debate
Ideas
Philosophy, history, culture and how to live
Hills and mountains
A girl’s story of forced marriage reveals how the Soviet invasion of 1979 transformed life in Afghanistan - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The physics of getting fired
Physics offered me a sense of order and purpose. But when life got messy I realised it had a much deeper insight to give - by Zahaan Bharmal Read on Aeon
When giving up teaches you more than persevering ever could
Grit is all well and good, but sometimes abandoning your goals can be crucial to discovering who you are - by Mario I Juarez-Garcia Read on Psyche
The bookshelf builder
Ellah Wakatama is editor, agent, publisher and mentor, all rolled into one. Her mission: to put the work of gifted Black writers into the literary canon - by Carey Baraka Read on Psyche
A Pickpocket’s Guide to New York
Preparing to play a petty thief in a new movie, John Turturro learned the moves—“reefing the kick” among them—from Apollo Robbins, and observed how much stealing has in common with acting.
Daniel Humm’s Home Décor
The Eleven Madison Park chef surveys his cozy new restaurant in the West Village with the artists who decked it out, Rashid Johnson and Francesco Clemente.
Science & Nature
Science, technology, health and the living planet
Body Snatchers and the Murky Process of Whole-Body Donation
Opinion | Each year, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. donate their bodies to science after death. But the programs that handle whole-body donations lack oversight, with inconsistencies in standards of consent,…
Book Review: The Bizarre Frontiers of Product Testing
From rampaging bears to zero-G toilets and chicken cannons, Alex Davies, in “Kobuk the Destroyer,” chronicles the surprising and often bizarre world of test engineering, and the ingenious lengths to which product…
What We Know About the Rugged Colorado Peaks Where Two Young Hikers Died
Two Colorado Mountain College students who set out to climb Ice Mountain were found dead near neighboring West Apostle on October 28. A local mountain guide explains why the Three Apostles attract mountaineers seeking…
I Hiked the B Side of Italy’s Famous Pilgrim Trail
Walking a stretch of the Via Francigena reveals a side of Tuscany absent from the postcards: empty trails, marble quarries, and unforgettable local food.
Our Planet’s Lungs Are Suffering
Has the Amazon reached the dreaded tipping point?
Dear Human, Poetry Might Save Us from the Apocalypse
How verse may move us when data doesn’t
Politics
Power, policy and the people it affects, in words and video
We Found The Most Surprising Election In America. It's Not Where You Think.
When meat-packing giant Tyson closed a huge plant in Nebraska, a state hit hard by Trump policies lost another $3 billion. Now Independent Dan Osborn could take a long-time GOP Senate seat. He says he's running to…
AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.
A new project by The Intercept reveals the hundreds of candidates still taking the pro-Israel lobby’s cash, and how AIPAC is obscuring its spending.
AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI
Facing bipartisan backlash and a decaying reputation, AI super PACs are changing tactics. We tracked their election spending so far.
Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right Conspiracies Spread
As right-wing Trump allies fearmongered about Somali American voter fraud, Maine trained local law enforcement officers on keeping armed federal agents out.
Are Farmers Turning On Trump? We Went To Arkansas To Find Out.
Arkansas is one of the Senate races Republicans are quietly panicking about. Senator Tom Cotton is a big fan of the Iran War, ICE, and Trump. But now Republicans are scrambling, spending 65x more than Dems on ads, and…
LIVE Students v. Billionaires Town Hall with Bernie Sanders in Ann Arbor
More Perfect University is back in Ann Arbor, Michigan for another Students vs. Billionaires town hall. Please join Senator Bernie Sanders and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed as they take questions live from students about the…
Australia
Essays and analysis from closer to home
Is this Silicon Valley’s midterm reckoning?
Expect AI industry executives and Donald Trump to start distancing themselves from each other following next week’s midterm elections
Running, or just joshing?
Whether or not it’s a long job application, the former treasurer’s memoir is unique among the pack
Security and civility in focus after Haines ‘turning point’
The impact of independent MP Helen Haines’s absence from federal parliament was immense this week. Her colleagues returned to Canberra mulling over what it means for our democracy and their role in it as elected…
Video
Documentaries and reporting worth watching
Artificial intelligence and psychotherapy | DW Documentary
North Korea's alliance with China and Russia | DW Documentary
Inside ICE: The fight against Trump's deportations | DW Documentary
Greece's mobile hospital: Providing medical care to remote islands | DW Documentary
In Brief
The day's headlines, kept short.
Australia
- Breaking: Australians potentially impacted by Spain rail disaster, DFAT saysABC News · 7:04pm
- Live: Australia looking to push home advantage in Cape Town TestABC News · 6:45pm
- Adelaide Crows star avoids jail for running red light and hitting pedestrianABC News · 5:32pm
- Anger after Google cuts 500 hectares of trees for data centres in FinlandABC News · 5:31pm
- Fans reflect on the legacy of Patrick StewartABC News · 5:31pm
- View from The Hill: Albanese puts cat among One Nation pigeons with staff offerThe Conversation AU · 4:40pm
- Erin Patterson to die in prison after losing appeal against mushroom murder convictionsGuardian Australia · 4:31pm
- Former Sydney childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith hit with 202 more abuse chargesGuardian Australia · 4:14pm
World
- How Kenyans got caught in $130m US ghost student scamBBC · 7:32pm
- ‘Elite North Korean group’ blamed for $6.3bn Binance hack in biggest ever crypto heistThe Guardian · 7:19pm
- Andy Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budgetThe Guardian · 7:08pm
- BP profits jump as Middle East conflict drives up oil refining marginsThe Guardian · 7:06pm
- What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hackBBC · 7:02pm
- Are Trump’s global actions, from Ukraine to Iran, going to hurt him in elections?The Guardian · 7:00pm
- Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in historyBBC · 6:16pm
- Mahmood infuriates fellow ministers by failing to reveal impact of UK migration shake-upThe Guardian · 6:00pm