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Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan

8 janvier 2026 à 18:00

An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage – and not just among right-leaning outlets

If you believe the early public opinion polls, Americans are uncertain about last weekend’s raid on Venezuela and the seizure of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

But many in the media seem to be trying to move that wavering needle to approval.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture

Many schools don’t think students can read full novels any more. That’s a tragedy | Margaret Sullivan

The Guardian

Par :Margaret Sullivan

6 janvier 2026 à 12:00

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops

Reading fiction has been such a joy for me that my heart broke a little to learn recently that many schools no longer assign full books to high school students.

Rather, teens are given excerpts of books, and they often read them not in print but on school-issued laptops, according to a survey of 2,000 teachers, students and parents by the New York Times.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture