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In a strange and redemptive way, the image of the hanging basket – and the heroic story that followed – has done more than anything so far to free this new building from 9/11
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Oliver Burkeman: The PC menace may not be real, but snobby liberals are definitely winning the war on the War on Christmas now. We’ll have our quinoa and eat it, too, thank you very much
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Her Paper magazine photos get labeled ‘tacky’ commercialism. Nicki Minaj is accused of ‘flaunting’ her famed posterior. But topless Keira Knightley is art and progress? Let’s get real
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David Ebershoff: By acknowleding that founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, the Mormon church is finally offering those – and many other – women dignity
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Nell Boeschenstein: I have the BRCA1 breast cancer mutation. I also have a file of medical bills that my insurance currently covers because of the law the GOP promises to rescind
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The survival of Assad’s regime and growth of jihadist groups are horrible prospects. International actors need to put aside self-interest and start meaningful talks
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The indifference of officials and mainstream opinion to the election of far-right MPs is hugely worrying
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Scott Lemieux: When the vast-majority of minority voters identify as Democrat, drawing Congressional lines based on party affiliation will have a racial component
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Dangerous cybersecurity legislation would allow Google and Facebook to hand over even more of your information to the NSA and FBI
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The movement is cosmopolitan, inclusive, and networked – and Beijing’s scope for a Tiananmen-style crackdown is limited
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A shocking agreement starts the clock for an even bigger deal. Can superpowers learn to make the most of secret talks?
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It may have taken six years, but does the president’s sudden willingness to do the right thing finally signal a liberal, liberated, post-political Obama?
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#FergusonForward America's on edge about the Ferguson grand jury decision. But justice is about what comes after that
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Piers Morgan believes that if rappers cleaned up their language, white people would stop using racial slurs. But black people don’t have that kind of power
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Finally, something anti-vaxxers and smug liberal elitists can agree upon
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The comet 67P is a relic from the solar system’s birth: studying it will offer insight into earth’s beginnings – and could avert future collisions
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The hard truth about no justice for Michael Brown is that we must reassess our expectations to create a new kind of peace
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Let’s turn Election Day into a holiday. It’s one giant leap for a political system that the world can look upon as an example, not a failure
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AOL and Co are so desperate for magical thinking that they’ll pay six figures to a man best known for his hair and doodles
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The artist is mad that you think she’s ‘boy-crazy’ – and you don’t want to make Taylor Swift mad
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Arthur Chu: It’s time to stop identifying ourselves as misunderstood weirdo outsiders. Because nerds run the world
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The new face of American immigration is under 18, often unaccompanied and housed in a for-profit prison facility
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Alyssa Kai: As a trans woman in punk, I try to find beauty in a faux-inclusive scene that’s never perfect – and occasionally awful
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Oregon? Alaska? DC? Great. But southern states and the feds won’t end the War on Some Drugs until unicorns fly out my bong – or at least until we get back to work
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Emma Brockes: Backing up everything will make you feel safe ... until trusting the precarious netherworld of online data storage with your precious memories drives you mad
global view
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Eben Moglen: The state’s anti-privacy bandwagon uses the most misleading language to blackmail technology companies into illegal surveillance
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Volodymyr Ishchenko: The indifference of officials and mainstream opinion to the election of far-right MPs is hugely worrying
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Edward Dark: The survival of Assad’s regime and growth of jihadist groups are horrible prospects. International actors need to put aside self-interest and start meaningful talks
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Tom Clark: Amid plunging ratings, his speech sought to remind voters what Labour is for, showing integrity in its focus on inequality and insecurity
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Ally Fogg: In making the first world war beautiful to flog groceries the film-makers have disrespected the millions who suffered in the trenches
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan: Don't believe everything you read about the trade unions – particularly if it's in the Daily Mail
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Editorial: Three countries have caught five institutions with their hands in the till. Banking is rotten to the core, but flattering pre-crisis ideas about its role have proved remarkably hard to shift
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Editorial: It doesn’t go far enough, but it unblocks the road to a deal in Paris next year
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Editorial: This great exploration has demanded unswerving tenacity, as well as Europe-wide cooperation
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George Osborne says proceeds from regulator's crackdown on currency market rigging will be 'used for the wider public good'
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Simon Jenkins: We lack the language to articulate our love of landscape and buildings. That’s why they are at risk under this government
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Suzanne Moore: Every generation of women create ways to hate themselves and amplify their anxieties in public – and it’s time to stop
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Hadley Freeman: Men who pay attention (and money) to pick-up artists have an inner rage against female free will. And you might work with one
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Natalie Haynes: Notebook: We’re all people, not true or false believers, and ethical decisions are easier to reach if we start from that premise
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Open thread: From Angelina Jolie to Russell Brand, there seems to be no end of personalities preaching a political message. We want to know if you’ve ever taken notice
New voices, new opinions