Campaigning AOC electrifies crowds as Democrats fear brutal midterms

Congresswoman has been a boon to progressive candidates in Texas while party grapples with rift in Washington

Britain’s long consumer binge is ending – and the political fallout will be huge | Andy Beckett

The cost-of-living crisis is a direct challenge to the kind of lives many of us have become accustomed to living, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Battle for the Barbican

London's Barbican and the adjacent Golden Lane estate are symbols of the two souls of post-war social democracy, and how it built for both the intelligentsia and the working class.

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Unions don’t call the shots any more – but we’d all be better off if they did | Larry Elliott

Britain is not ‘going back to the 1970s’. Organised labour is far too cowed for that, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

Caught in the rental trap, we’re trying to turn our flat into a co-op. Here’s what we’ve learned |...

This little-known kind of homeownership is sustainable and relatively cheap. And many of us have no choice but to try it, asks writer Ruby Lott-Lavigna

Wit and wisdom of Germany’s anti-noise philosopher revealed to new readers

Theodor Lessing’s newly collected early writings shine light on writer who later prophesied climate change

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Spotify’s attempt to play the Facebook game over Joe Rogan won’t wash | John Naughton

Founder Daniel Ek’s bid to make the anti-vaxxer controversy go away ignores the fact that it is paying the US comedian to appear on its service

Is Wordle Still for Everyone?

Beloved, iconic, thoroughly memeable — in hindsight, it was only a matter of time before Wordle was bought up by a media giant.

A tale of two towns – one in the north, one in the south – exposes the lie of ‘levelling up’

Instead of fixing the inequalities that run across the UK, Johnson’s Tories are combining culture war with electioneering, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Activists accuse drinks firm Innocent of ‘greenwashing’ with ad

Plastics Rebellion complains to advertising watchdog about claims made in British TV advert

Getting Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche Talking

Karl Marx believed in the self-emancipation of the working class, while Friedrich Nietzsche had nothing but disdain for the masses. But a provocative new book claims the two thinkers can be read...

John Lennon's son is delighted to be able to "auction off" items from his private Beatles collect...

Julian Lennon maintains a private collection of Beatles memorabilia, including clothing worn by his late father John Lennon, and other items from other members of the band. He announced plans to sell...