Headlines
Monday
22 January 2018
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Democrats' deal to end shutdown sows divisionAfter Senate Democrats agree to measure promising to address Dreamers, progressives fear party has been too quick to concede
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Mother still being billed for sessions at which I was abusedThe sentence hearing continues for the former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar who faces up to 125 years in prison
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Convenience and concern at new checkout-free corner shopNewly opened Seattle store offers a speedy experience while fueling fears for retail jobs -
California county evicts hundreds from camp – with few beds to offerOrange County, one of the state’s wealthiest, has targeted as many as 1,000 people near Disneyland, despite having just 250 shelter spaces -
Spotlight
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The view from Muncie, IndianaGary Younge spent a month in the ‘archetypal’ US town before last year’s election. The people swung for Trump, but how do they feel a year on?
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Inside the alt-right party in ManhattanThe so-called ‘Night For Freedom’ featured Hillary-baiting, anti-feminism – and a surprise appearance by Chelsea Manning -
Artist Nan Goldin takes on family behind OxyContinThe photographer became a heroin addict after getting hooked on opioid. Now clean, she is waging war on the art philanthropists who have profited
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US player forced to deny far-right sympathies at Australian OpenTennys Sandgren, the last remaining American in the Australian Open men’s singles draw, has denied he is an alt-right sympathiser -
Mawson has lowly Swansea singing after denting Liverpool’s high hopesThe Premier League’s bottom club Swansea City beat fourth-placed Liverpool 1-0 after the centre-half Alfie Mawson showed the aplomb of a striker to score the only goal
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America is failing mothers. Help us change that
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How America's 'childcare deserts' are driving women out of the workforceRising daycare costs have put the spotlight on Washington state in a country offering little support for parents seeking childcare -
Why does it cost so much to give birth in America?The US is the most expensive nation in the world in which to have a baby – and it may factor into thousands of bankruptcies each year
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'If black shoot them', former acting police chief told recruitCourt documents described a pattern of ‘racist and threatening’ messages from the assistant chief Todd Shaw, who was fired in November -
UN envoy encounters homeless life in CaliforniaLeilani Farha, UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, ‘deeply, deeply concerned’ by squalor amid US wealth -
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Peru passes law allowing roads through pristine rainforestPope warned on Friday of threat to Amazon and its peoples but now new roads in border areas could affect five indigenous reserves -
US to open Jerusalem embassy sooner than expected, says PenceControversial move to be made by end of 2019, vice-president tells Israeli parliament -
Explore
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How the sushi boom is fuelling tapeworm infectionsAs eating raw fish has become more popular, gruesome tapeworm tales have emerged. But how worried should sashimi lovers be – and how else might we become infected?
In pictures
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Honduran protests and Siberian swimmersThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world -
Women take centre stage at Screen Actors Guild awardsAfter the all-black protest at the Golden Globes, female power also took centre stage at the 24th SAG awards ceremony, which had its first female host and all-female presenters -
Galicia’s Floury SundayDomingo Fareleiro (Floury Sunday) takes place annually in Xinzo de Limia, Spain, in a unique celebration that gives the starting signal for a long festive period known as Entroido, or Carnival
'It's about time' Ruth Bader Ginsburg on #MeToo movement