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During an annual three-day holiday, shoppers are allowed to buy computers and clothing tax-free, but a proposal to include tampons has gotten pushback Women can’t be trusted around tax-free tampons. If you cut the price of menstrual products they’re bound to go tampon-mad and buy boxes of the stuff, just for the hell of it. […] More
Interview Rachel Cooke Interview Ilhan Omar: ‘I always stand up to bullies’ Rachel Cooke Ilhan Omar became a national figure in 2018 as one of only two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress. The Somali-born politician tells Rachel Cooke about growing up a refugee, being the focus for Republican rage – and standing […] More
What’s left, America? US politics In the third part of our series on the American left we examine how Hillary Clinton’s defeat radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not ‘I had nothing to lose. What were they going to take away from me?’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The Guardian En route from Chicago to […] More
