From the archive: ‘Infertility stung me’: Black motherhood and me
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: I assumed I would be part of the first g...
15 Okt 202533min
‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning
Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to survive By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Rea...
13 Okt 202542min
Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisation By Ngũgĩ wa T...
10 Okt 202530min
From the archive: The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: the giant asset management firm used to ...
8 Okt 202544min
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster By Kate M...
6 Okt 202529min
From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction
Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a disease By Xi Chen. Re...
3 Okt 202531min
From the archive: Divine comedy: the standup double act who turned to the priesthood
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Josh and Jack used to interrogate life v...
1 Okt 202545min
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying By Peter Brannen. Read by Lincoln Conway. Help support our independent j...
29 Sep 202530min
