The ‘rat person’ trend is here – and I thoroughly approve Do you like sleeping, eating and scrolling? Me too. What if I told you this was also a way to protest capitalism, asks Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025
Alert! Gwyneth Paltrow is eating pasta again The actor announced the change on her podcast. Apparently this is international news – and it has a serious side The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2025
Why is Yale University implicitly endorsing Israeli extremist Ben-Gvir? Shabtai, a Jewish society based at Yale, hosted the extremist far-right politician convicted of supporting terrorism. Why did Yale allow this? The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2025
Why is the US right so obsessed with the Obamas’ marriage? Conservative commentators can’t stand the idea that people they loathe can live fulfilling lives The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025
Yes, I’m a half-Palestinian lesbian, but I dream of being a Republican congresswoman. Here’s my six-point plan Anything is possible with Trump ripping up all the rules – and I’m going to take full advantage, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025
Sci-fi Musk is brainstorming ways to breed his ‘legion’ more efficiently A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a woman The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2025
Why do Trump voters have no regrets? Because the people they hate are getting hurt more Even amid political chaos and rising prices, what matters most to his supporters is a macabre form of payback and vengeance, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025
You too can have a body like Donald Trump’s. Here’s how The 78-year-old president is in great shape, says the official White House physician. Must be all those ‘hamberders’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025
Don’t worry, gen Z! A billionaire boomer says your lives are going to be great The CEO of JPMorgan Chase says young people needn’t worry – the future is bright and AI-enhanced. So why does the world feel so precarious, asks Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it The Guardian - US · Apr 13, 2025
These Tennessee lawmakers love the unborn. After birth? Not so much A bill in the US state would allow public schools to deny undocumented children the chance to enroll The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2025
Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? Arwa Mahdawi has a theory The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025
Trump’s very beautiful tariffs will fix America, masculinity and the family. It said so on Fox News Let’s stop all the moaning about stock market crashes and soaring grocery prices. It’s time to focus on the upside, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2025
Melania Trump’s secret to getting through hard times? Love (actually) The first lady spoke about (wait for it) diversity as she presented awards to courageous women from around the world The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025 Is Usha Vance starting to feel a little sorry for herself? She left her job when her husband got a shot at VP – only for the couple to be met with the frostiest of receptions in Greenland at the weekend, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025 Donald Trump is eyeing up a third term – and no one is opposing him So many people and organisations are capitulating to the US president, from Silicon Valley to the Democrats, legal firms and elite universities. How realistic is the prospect of Trump 3.0, asks Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2025 The anti-women ‘fertilization president’ who wants to have it both ways Trump’s executive order supposedly expanding IVF access offered nothing concrete beyond a weird nickname for himself
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025 Why is The White Lotus generating so much chatter about teeth? Aimee Lou Wood’s natural smile stands out amid Hollwood’s dazzling veneers. But let’s not get carried away, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025 Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2025 Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025 I was always terrified of confrontation. Then I hit my 40s If I see someone making my neighbourhood a worse place to live, I walk straight up to them and … have a little word. What is happening to me, asks Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2025 The US assault on free speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstated
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025 ‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man The US government’s move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion policies is a naked attempt to appeal to prejudice – but it may well backfire
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025 The US’s plutocrats and politicians want more, more, more. Matt LeBlanc shows us a better way ‘Joey from Friends’ has gone viral for his lack of drive. This is what the world needs – someone who’s happy with nothing rather than everything, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025 No one’s buying Hunter Biden’s terrible paintings any more? I wonder why It’s tough being a nepo baby – especially when your daddy suddenly loses his influence, writes Arwa Mahdawi