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Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the law

What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Fiona Hill, a former White House adviser, tells The Independent that the Russian president is manipulating his US counterpart and has no intention of stopping the war on Ukraine

Trump has a disconcerting tendency to attack the press – but especially female reporters, whom he holds in particular ire

The conflict is neither a clearcut defeat nor a feelgood victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of each

A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Survey data suggests more and more girls can’t imagine getting married, while their male counterparts are keener. That disparity holds a clue, says writer Naoise Dolan

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics

Editorial: Russia’s president is only interested in a deal on Moscow’s terms. Equipping Kyiv with the resources to fight on is the quickest route to a just settlement

Editorial: Capturing the changing landscapes of the 18th century, the rivals transformed British art. The climate emergency gives new urgency to their work

Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland