The first major intervention by Rachel Reeves, Labour’s new shadow chancellor, marked a potentially promising change of direction for a party that has otherwise begun to look seriously adrift. Taking the opportunity of Joe Biden’s proposed global minimum corporate tax rate, intended to dramatically squeeze tax-avoiders, Reeves mounted an effective campaign to highlight the
Does the truth set us free? – Ulrika Carlsson, PhD in Philosophy at Yale University and writer for Axess Magazine in Stockholm, Sweden
Why social liberals are not moral relativists – Thomas Hurka, University Professor and Jackman Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto
How to prevent AI from taking over the world – Ruth Chang, Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow at University College, Oxford
Why Donald Trump was the ultimate anarchist – Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics and Director of the University Centre for Human Values at Princeton University
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Trump may be gone, but his big lie will linger. Hereâs how we can fight it
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The most obvious corrective to conspiracy theories is the facts that people can see with their own eyes
âThe fiction that propelled those crowds to break into the halls of Congress is the big lie of the stolen election.â Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP
âThe fiction that propelled those crowds to break into the halls of Congress is the big lie of the stolen election.â Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP
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