Is Iran a ‘forever war’?
After a lull in fighting, airstrikes between the US and Iran resumed Wednesday, killing at least 20 members of Iraq’s popular mobilization force. The conflict between the US and Iran has now entered i...
29 Juli 32min
How Trump made it harder to fight the cyclospora parasite outbreak
A parasite called cyclospora has sickened thousands of people across at least 41 states and prompted waves of headlines about weeks-long "explosive diarrhea". But as Guardian health contributor and re...
27 Juli 33min
She spent years trying to be thin. What happened when she bulked instead?
After years of trying to be skinny, Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler did a 180 and decided to 'bulk'. Bulking, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything she had been taugh...
24 Juli 37min
Gaza. Mitch McConnell. Is Congress finally being forced to change?
Earlier this year, Congress reached a depressing milestone: 86% of Americans, a record high, disapproved of its job performance. But this summer, there have been some signs that shifts are underway. O...
22 Juli 42min
Mary Beard on The Odyssey, Trump's America and how empires fall
Christopher Nolan’s new adaption of The Odyssey is an absolute monster of a hit, grossing $264m in its opening weekend. But celebrated classicist Mary Beard tells host Carter Sherman that while Nolan’...
20 Juli 48min
Who won the World Cup?
The 2026 World Cup final has not happened yet, but we already know that there were some clear winners (and total losers) during the tournament. And we’re not just talking about what happened on the pi...
17 Juli 51min
How ICE became so deadly
Over the past ten days, ICE officials have killed two immigrants in separate shootings in Texas and Maine. While the Department of Homeland Security has claimed that the officers were acting in self-d...
15 Juli 43min
The western US is running out of water. What happens next?
Thanks to pollution, overpopulation and the climate crisis, Earth is facing a terrifying new crisis: an irreversible "water bankruptcy". Now, fights over water have ramped up across the world, includi...
13 Juli 40min
