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Crash: The housing crisis is just beginning
- By Iain Macwhirter
- 05 June 2008
As Britain wakes up to the nightmare of negative equity, we are facing a housing recession far worse than that of the early 1990s. Iain Macwhirter has a warning: don't buy a house now, at any price. Just say no. You have been warned
Hating Hillary
- By Andrew Stephen
- 22 May 2008
Gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, I fear - will have to account for their sins
US election: it's far from over
- By Andrew Stephen
- 04 June 2008
Either candidacy could implode instantly, at any time, as the result of a gaffe or some unguarded moment. Obama must watch his hubris, McCain his temper
Helping Elisabeth Fritzl
- By Anne Carpenter
- 30 April 2008
Top psychologist Anne Carpenter - a specialist in helping adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse - explains the sort of issues faced by Austrian cellar captive Elisabeth Fritzl
After the oil crunch?
- By Mark Lynas
- 12 June 2008
The end of cheap oil helps renewables, but makes far dirtier alternatives viable. A low-carbon future will demand brave leadership
Why I blessed gay clergymen's relationship
- By Martin Dudley
- 17 June 2008
The rector of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London, in the eye of storm over gay 'marriage', explains why he decided he must bless a gay relationship
Crashing the housing market
- By Becky Hogge
- 12 June 2008
The web offers a wealth of detail about the property downturn
After Bobby Kennedy
- By John Pilger
- 29 May 2008
Bobby Kennedy's campaign is the model for Barack Obama's current bid to be the Democratic nominee for the White House. Both offer a false hope that they can bring peace and racial harmony to all Americans, writes John Pilger
Thou shalt not hug
- By Frank Furedi
- 26 June 2008
British society no longer trusts grown-ups to interact with children. In a controversial new report, Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow argue that the culture of "vetting" adults is damaging relationships between the generations
The rise of the far right
- By Jon Cruddas and Nick Lowles
- 19 June 2008
The New Labour project relied on the assumption that its traditional support had nowhere else to go. But this is now changing, and the BNP has emerged as one beneficiary
Most popular articles in the last 6 months
Has global warming stopped?
- By David Whitehouse
- 19 December 2007
'The fact is that the global temperature of 2007 is statistically the same as 2006 and every year since 2001'. Plus read Mark Lynas's response
How the rich starved the world
- By Mark Lynas
- 17 April 2008
World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol. Plus Iain Macwhirter on how food prices are rocketing
Hating Hillary
- By Andrew Stephen
- 22 May 2008
Gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, I fear - will have to account for their sins
Helping Elisabeth Fritzl
- By Anne Carpenter
- 30 April 2008
Top psychologist Anne Carpenter - a specialist in helping adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse - explains the sort of issues faced by Austrian cellar captive Elisabeth Fritzl
Has global warming really stopped?
- By Mark Lynas
- 14 January 2008
Mark Lynas responds to a controversial article on newstatesman.com which argued global warming has stopped
Why life is good
- By Matthew Taylor
- 03 January 2008
A dangerous gap exists between our personal experience, which is mainly happy, and our view of a society in decline
Crash: The housing crisis is just beginning
- By Iain Macwhirter
- 05 June 2008
As Britain wakes up to the nightmare of negative equity, we are facing a housing recession far worse than that of the early 1990s. Iain Macwhirter has a warning: don't buy a house now, at any price. Just say no. You have been warned
The myth of trafficking
- By Brendan O'Neill
- 27 March 2008
Most migrant women, including those in the sex industry, have made a clear decision, says a new study, to leave home and take their chances abroad. They are not "passive victims" in need of "saving" or sending back by western campaigners.
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
Laura María Agustín Zed Books, 224pp, £16.99
Obama unmasked
- By Andrew Stephen
- 10 January 2008
What's going wrong for the man who would be president? Our US editor Andrew Stephen reports from Washington. Plus Joe Treasure among California's Clinton lovers
