DARK SECRETS: 9 | Vintage Vibes

The Smithsonian chief’s exit is a blow to democracy

The Trump administration wants a feel-good version of American history. That is not a feature of a democratic system

The Guardian - US · Sep 11

Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world

The US president is ever more wayward – and has little interest in defending Europe. The constitution may hold him to account, but we can’t wait, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Trump’s clash with Canada is his latest imperialistic embarrassment

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale

The Guardian - US · Sep 11

Osama bin Laden shook the world on 9/11. Today it is clear how his wider plans failed

The al-Qaida leader envisaged an economically battered US withdrawing from the Middle East – and a global Muslim uprising. Then the tide turned, says Jason Burke, the Guardian’s international security correspondent

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden

In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

The MI5 chief is right: we must all take threats to our security more seriously

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Sir Ken McCallum, in an exclusive article for The Independent to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11, issues a call to arms that must be heeded

The Independent UK · Sep 11

Lured in by Albo ‘slur’, News24 misses the joke and mistakes comedy skit for real news report

Comedian says he didn’t expect Murdoch network to be ‘as gullible and digitally illiterate as their target audience’. Plus: Karl Stefanovic falls silent

The Guardian - AU · Sep 11

9/11 then and now: Do September 2001 attacks still shape our world?

Once in a generation – sometimes once in a lifetime – a singular event blindsides the entire planet. 25 years on, does the memory of the 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania fade into history, or is it still as raw and vivid as…

France 24 · Sep 10

The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer

Editorial: Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10

The Guardian view on falling birthrates: cash alone cannot buy belonging

Editorial: Young people still want partners and children. Governments must address the insecurity and isolation preventing them from building families

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10