Draft Democratic proposal seeks big changes to policing

Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images A sweeping new police reform bill…

Do you want beautiful, sustainable and safe tall buildings? Use wood | Rowan Moore

You don’t have to be an expert in construction to know that wood burns. You might…

‘Selling off the future’: Trump allows fishing in marine monument

Donald Trump is easing protections for a large marine monument off the coast of New England,…

UK butterfly season off to unusually early start after sunniest of springs

Record-breaking sunshine has encouraged midsummer butterflies to emerge unusually early, with dozens of species appearing a…

Aflutter: Guardian readers share UK butterfly sightings – in pictures

Silver-studded blue ‘I go out photographing butterflies each year,’ says Thomas Moore, a primary school teacher…

‘Food will be a by-product’: the Irish farmers creating nature-friendly fields

Michael Davoren shudders when he thinks of the 1990s. He’d been in charge of his 80-hectare…

Covid-19 relief for fossil fuel industries risks green recovery plans

The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus…

Where do lawmakers stand on Trump’s response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests?

As the country reels from the police killings of black Americans and thousands protest across the…

The Guardian view on Brazil and the Amazon: don’t look away | Editorial

A consensus that international cooperation is required to limit the danger from global heating has existed…

The week in wildlife – in pictures

A robin feeds its young fledgling as a lamb wanders past in Dartmoor, UK. The nearby…