You just have to speak up: Gloria Johnson aims to be Tennessees first Democratic senator in
TennesseeInterview‘You just have to speak up’: Gloria Johnson aims to be Tennessee’s first Democratic senator in 28 yearsMary YangJohnson speaks with the Guardian one week after launching campaign, which is focused on abortion rights and gun reform
Gloria Johnson, who narrowly avoided expulsion after protesting guns on the state house floor, is running to be Tennessee’s first Democratic US senator in three decades.
Johnson spoke with the Guardian in an interview one week after officially launching her campaign, which is focused on abortion rights and gun reform.
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Wendy Lower review
The ObserverHistory booksReviewWendy Lower's account of the women who volunteered to work for Hitler in the new German empire to the east is truly chillingWhere did the best career opportunities lie for an ambitious young woman in Germany in 1941? In the Red Cross? The army? Or, perhaps, the Gestapo – which, by the end of the war, was 40% staffed by women? No, the best prospects probably lay in the Ostraum, the new German empire to the east, in occupied Poland and then Ukraine and Belarus, where 10,000 secretaries were needed, plus countless teachers and nurses.
I visited Donald Trump's state park and it's not a park
New YorkIt turns out his taxes are not the only thing that appear a little different in real life from what you’d expect
We’ve just learned Donald Trump paid virtually no income tax in 10 of the last 15 years. While the fragments of Trump’s finances are still being investigated, there’s one unusually large relic of his dealings just an hour’s drive north of New York City.
Last week, I went to Donald J Trump state park, which few people know exists, because it’s not really a park.
If I can get a plane into the sky, I can do anything: female Afghan pilot refuses to be ground
‘It was a huge accomplishment for Afghanistan’: Mohadese Mirzaee was a pilot on her country’s first all-female flight. Photograph: Handout‘It was a huge accomplishment for Afghanistan’: Mohadese Mirzaee was a pilot on her country’s first all-female flight. Photograph: HandoutWomen's rights and gender equalityMonths after Mohadese Mirzaee became Afghanistan’s first female commercial airline pilot, the Taliban took Kabul. Now a refugee in Bulgaria, she is determined to fly again
Sitting alone in her small flat in Bulgaria, Mohadese Mirzaee contemplates the future.
Roger Waters accused of repeated antisemitism in new documentary | Roger Waters
Roger Waters This article is more than 3 months oldRoger Waters accused of repeated antisemitism in new documentary This article is more than 3 months oldInvestigation interviews those who claim to have heard several derogatory references to Jews
Pink Floyd’s co-founder, Roger Waters, has been accused of repeated antisemitism, with claims he referred to “Jew food” and made up a song about his agent that called him a “fucking Jew”.
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters march in London | Israel-Gaza war
Israel-Gaza warThousands of pro-Palestine protesters march in London About 1,700 officers on duty in UK capital to police demonstration on day for action involving 30 countries
Middle East crisis – live updates Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday to show solidarity with Palestine and to reiterate calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Demonstrators met on Queen Victoria Street before making their way along Fleet Street towards Parliament Square.
Female doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, expert says | Health
Health This article is more than 3 months oldFemale doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, expert saysThis article is more than 3 months oldDr Louise Stone says victims have spoken of ‘enforced closeness’ of long sessions in operating rooms and the ‘boys’ club culture’ of industry
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Female doctors who have experienced sexual assault have spoken of work conditions they felt made them more vulnerable to harm from senior colleagues, an Australian researcher says.
Get on the bus: banned books tour hits the road, from New York to Texas
CensorshipBook banning in public schools jumped 33% this year, so a group of enthusiasts is tackling censorship with a bus tour
Bus driver Carlos Benjamin leans on the vehicle that will be something of a home to him and his crew for the month of October. It’s huge and covered in graphics, and printed on the side in yellow and black are the words “Banned Books Tour 2023”.
The bus isn’t stacked with the usual road-trip items, such as coffee cups, clothes or daily supplies.
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman seriously hurt in crash | Morgan Freeman
Morgan FreemanHollywood actor Morgan Freeman seriously hurt in crashThe Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman said to be in a serious condition after the car he was driving flipped over several times late on Sunday.
Freeman was driving near his home in Charleston, Mississippi, at the time of the accident. The actor and a female companion were cut free by emergency workers before being airlifted to a hospital 90 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee.
How we turned our chilly terraced house into a joyful and exciting home
InteriorsInspired by the artist Donald Judd, we focused on colour, pattern and texture
Retired couple Patricia Lynch and Gwen Williams had been living in their north London terrace for more than 20 years when they realised they had a tough decision to make: renovate or relocate. Lynch bought the house in 1999, the year she met Williams, who moved in with her two years later. They had both fallen in love with the Tottenham area over the years, but the house wasn’t working for them in its current state.