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Editors' picks

Baby boomers: powerful and selfish

Francis Beckett: We've had the best of times. Now we're using our voting muscle to ensure our children inherit a far harsher world

The coalition is lacking a Lib Dem voice

Bryan Gould: This assault on economic common sense has proved Nick Clegg is ill-equipped to stand up to the George Osbornes of the world

These cuts won't only hit the scroungers. We'll all suffer

Jackie Ashley: Millions believe Britain is being held back by single mothers or immigrants. But the pain will be felt by 'us', not just 'them'

Camp David and elusive peace

Petra Marquardt-Bigman: Camp David 10 years on: The blueprint developed at the failed 2000 Middle East summit has not been used. Is Palestinian ambivalence the reason?

A targeted attack on hate crime

Rupert Myers: Imposing tougher sentences for hate crimes is not about creating privileged parts of society – it's about protecting the vulnerable

Only when the poison of Iraq is drawn can Labour hope to move on

Gary Younge: The silence over the war in the leadership battle is deafening. Yet the party won't be trusted until this toxic issue is addressed

Just as iPhone owners were running out of apps to compare…

Charlie Brooker: Even if the iPhone 4 was biting users' ears off, every iPhone 3 user will wind up buying one anyway

Sectarianism has poisoned Pakistan

Basim Usmani: The violence seen in Lahore last week was aided by a bigoted constitution. How has stock in our nationhood plummeted so?

Cif by numbers

Poll

All out action

Union leaders have warned that strikes could be 'inevitable' in response to public sector cuts. Could industrial action be justified?

(64%)

(36%)

Politics. And other stuff
Michael Tomasky on America
Free to believe
Andrew Brown on belief and unbelief

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    A market in 'food speculation' caused food prices to rise
  3. 2. Global Voices: Japan: Tech-savvy freelancers break down the monopoly in information
    In Japan, freelance journalists use new technology in the battle against establishment media
  4. 3. Janet E Davis: Goldilocks Government
    Suggesting that civil servants spend time thinking about 40% funding cuts seems designed to make them then feel grateful if cuts of only 25% are implemented
  5. 4. The Staggers: Cameron prepares to go to war with the unions
    Is Cameron planning a Thatcher-style assault on the unions?
  6. 5. Left Foot Forward: Labour should support a 'yes' vote on AV
    Labour MPs and activists, regardless of their views on proportional representation, should support a "Yes" vote for three simple reasons

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