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Heavy rains are remnants of tropical storm that brought badly needed rainfall to drought-stricken southern California last weekRescuers searched for a person missing in a mudslide Tuesday after flash floods swept dirt, rocks and trees down fire-scarred slopes, washed away cars and buried buildings in small mountain communities in southern California.With thunderstorms forecast and more mudslides possible into Wednesday, evacuation orders remained in place in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains while a wildfire raging 500 miles (805 km) to the north forced residents to abandon their homes. Continue reading...

White House says South Carolina senator’s proposed bill ‘wildly out of step with what Americans believe’Senator Lindsey Graham proposed legislation on Tuesday for a nationwide 15-week abortion ban, a politically risky strategy as a backlash grows to the US supreme court ruling earlier this summer overturning federal protections for the procedure.Polling shows that 57% of Americans disapproved of the court’s June reversal of the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling guaranteeing access to abortion, and 62% say the procedure should be legal in all or most cases. Continue reading...

Judiciary committee notifies justice department of investigation into claims made by fired US attorney Geoffrey BermanThe US Senate judiciary committee has said it will investigate claims made in a recent book that allies of Donald Trump politically interfered with a prominent US attorney’s office.William Barr, Donald Trump’s second attorney general, fired Geoffrey Berman from the powerful southern district of New York (SDNY) five months before the 2020 election. In a memoir – Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent US Attorney’s Office and its Battle with the Trump Justice Department – which is published in the US on Tuesday, Berman alleges interference both on behalf of Trump allies and against Trump enemies. Continue reading...

Reliability of data used to compile influential list in doubt after Columbia University drops from second to 18th placeLong widely recognized, the US News college ranking is facing criticism after it precipitously dropped an Ivy League university down its pecking order amid data discrepancies.Columbia University in New York City was previously ranked as US News’s second best university. But its recent drop to the 18th spot has many questioning the legitimacy of the annual ranking system and its substantial influence, the New York Times reported. Continue reading...

Connecticut jury hears arguments in trial to decide how much Jones should pay victims of school shooting he said was hoaxA Connecticut jury began hearing arguments Tuesday in a trial to decide how much money the US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting for spreading a lie that the massacre was a hoax.The trial is being held in Waterbury, less than 20 miles from Newtown, where a man shot 26 children and teachers dead in 2012. Continue reading...

At least 500,000 people have permanently disappeared from the workforce, analysis saysResearch into the lingering effects of Covid-19 on the US workforce has confirmed what anybody who has waited an extended time for a delivery – or been unable to get a restaurant table – already knows: the pandemic has caused massive shortages in the labor market.On top of the quarter-million people of working age who have died from coronavirus, at least twice that number across all ages have permanently disappeared from the workforce, the analysis by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows. Continue reading...

In the weeks after Roe v Wade was overturned, there was a huge rush to register to vote. Now rightwing candidates are toning down their rhetoric but history tells us they can’t be trustedWant to know a fun fact about women in the US? They comprise half the population and they’ve got the right to vote. Pissing them off en masse is a risky political move –as Republicans are quickly finding out. A few months ago it looked like Republicans would decimate the Democrats in the midterm elections in November; now they are on much shakier ground. A recent Wall Street Journal poll found that 60% of voters support abortion rights in most or all cases, and that the supreme court overturning Roe v Wade earlier this year is “the single issue most likely to make them vote this November”. In the two weeks after Roe was overturned, the number of people registering to vote increased by 10%, new women voters far outnumbering men.Cue furious back-pedalling from the right on women’s rights. Numerous Republican congressional candidates have removed or amended references to abortion from their online profiles in recent months, the Washington Post reports. Colorado state senator Barbara Kirkmeyer, for example, no longer refers to the “sanctity of life” on her campaign website. Arizona senate candidate Blake Masters has also been hitting the delete button. In an interview this year with a Catholic news outlet, Masters compared abortion to “child sacrifice”, saying: “It needs to stop.” Last month he toned down his language and clarified he simply supports “a ban on very late-term and partial-birth abortion”. He also amended his website so it no longer proclaims he is “100% pro-life” and instead says: “Protect babies, don’t let them be killed,” followed with: “Democrats lie about my views on abortion.”Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Vocal antipathy towards any number of things is a cornerstone of The Great British Way. Shame the authorities don’t agreeYesterday, police arrested a 22-year-old man in Edinburgh after Prince Andrew was heckled as he walked behind the Queen’s coffin. “Andrew,” the shout was heard, “you’re a sick old man.” Hand on heart, I’ve heard worse. And if Prince Andrew hasn’t, he certainly will. Money and position and expensive lawyers can insulate you from a huge number of consequences in our imperfect world, but if some boy in the streets wants to go full Emperor’s New Clothes on you, you might just have to suck it up, even if it is bad manners in the circs.Oh, hang on. You don’t actually have to. The man – he looks like a boy – was cuffed and later charged. There could be more to it than currently meets the eye, but it is arguably not hugely encouraging that a heckle may be deemed illegal when burglary effectively isn’t any more. Then again, do remember that this year’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act increased the minimum term for various serious sexual assaults to four years, and the maximum term for assaulting a statue to 10 years. If women are going to get sexually assaulted, we should strongly consider doing so while dressed as a living statue of Winston Churchill. That way we can seek the full force of the law as applied to inanimate materials, as opposed to the lesser versions typically offered to female flesh and blood.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnistMarina Hyde will join Guardian Live for events in Manchester (4 October) and London (10 October) to discuss her new book, What Just Happened?! For details visit theguardian.com/guardianliveDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 300 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading...

The president wants to separate “extremist Maga Republicans” from the decent folks on the right. Can he?In recent high-profile speeches, Joe Biden has been performing a high-wire rhetorical act. He is not shying away from the f-word (fascism) – the ultimate condemnation in humanity’s political vocabulary – even if he qualifies that condemnation by calling some on the American right “semi-fascists.”At the same time, he is putting a lot of effort to separate “extremist Maga Republicans” from the decent folks on the right, be it your next-door conservative neighbor or Biden’s old chums across the aisle in the US Senate. No matter the level of polarization, the president appears to suggest, you can have a barbecue with the former, and with some senators you might still be able to have a beer and discover a shared humanity (unless it’s Mitch McConnell).Jan-Werner Mueller teaches at Princeton and is a Guardian US columnist. His most recent book is Democracy Rules

The death is the first in the state and possibly in the country, with the individual being immunocompromised and hospitalized. Plus, who won big at the Emmys

Monarchy has been harmful for former colonies and those who live in its gilded cage. It’s time to imagine a future without itI live at the crossroads of the Commonwealth. My home is Canada, where First Nations people have called on King Charles to renounce the Doctrine of Discovery as his first official act. This law sanctioned the colonial possession of Indigenous lands and has justified violence against Indigenous people. I live in the French-speaking province of Quebec, which was ceded to the British empire in 1763. Here, the proposed abolition of the role of “lieutenant-governor”, the crown’s provincial representative, is a flashpoint in the upcoming election. And I am also a member of the Caribbean diaspora, a region that was violently pulled into the production of sugar to satisfy the bourgeois tastes of the British empire. To this day, the Caribbean bears the scars of Indigenous genocide, slavery, indentureship and colonialism.For the people of formerly colonised countries, the monarchy is not a neutral institution. It is the embodiment of imperial legacies that benefited Britain at the expense of its colonies, and played an active role in the slave trade. Queen Elizabeth I financially backed slave-trading voyages, and by the 17th-century King Charles II granted royal approval to the Company of Adventurers of London Trading to the Ports of Africa, marking the moment at which transatlantic slavery officially began.Nalini Mohabir is an associate professor in the department of geography, planning and environment at Concordia University in MontrealDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 300 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading...

Financial disclosures show how Ron Johnson’s wealth sharply increased thanks to his holding in Oshkosh-based PacurThe Wisconsin Republican senator Ron Johnson, a vocal critic of Beijing who has vowed to launch investigations into the Biden family’s alleged relationships with Chinese businesses, declared $57m in income in his first 10 years in office in connection to his ownership stake in a company whose growth has closely been linked to China.Financial disclosures show the senator’s wealth has sharply increased during his years running for and serving in the Senate thanks to his holding in Oshkosh-based Pacur, a plastics maker where Johnson previously served as top executive. Continue reading...

Companies are hiring anti-union consultants and deploying hardball tactics when workers threaten to form a unionBrandi McNease worked at a Chipotle in Augusta, Maine, where she and her co-workers had filed a union election in June 2022, the first location at the fast food retail chain to do so.Chipotle closed the store permanently on 19 July, right before a hearing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the union election, leaving workers saying they were blacklisted from being hired at other locations in the area. Chipotle claimed the store was shut down due to staffing problems. Workers have filed unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB over the store closure. Continue reading...

The Trump-backed Arizona Republican has been dogged by racist remarks and views he expressed as a college studentA conservative Super Pac will pour money into Arizona to support Blake Masters, the Republican US Senate candidate whose extreme views have raised alarm among Democrats but also hopes, backed by polling, that independents and moderates will not vote for him in November.Politico reported on Monday that Sentinel Action Fund will spend at least $5m to back the Trump-endorsed candidate against the Democrat Mark Kelly, the former astronaut turned gun control campaigner who holds the Senate seat. Continue reading...

The Emmys offered few surprises in an awards-packed telecast that mostly handed out repeat trophies to established favourites. Succession, Ted Lasso and The White Lotus swept up a multitude of awards. The singer Lizzo, who created the Amazon series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, won for best competition series and underscored the importance of representation in an emotional speech. Newcomer and sole broadcast representative Sheryl Lee Ralph won best supporting actress in a comedy for Abbott Elementary. She provided arguably the emotional highlight of the evening with a rendition of Endangered Species by Dianne Reeves

The Timberwolves star has issued an apology after a bigoted social media post. His punishment should hurt, while also allowing room for growthAnthony Edwards, without a doubt, is a rising star in the NBA. He was the No 1 overall pick in 2020 for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and averaged more than 25 points per game in last season’s playoffs. Edwards even took his star power to the big screen in a LeBron James production, Hustle, as the trash-talking basketball player Kermit Wilts.But recently Edwards traded trash-talking on the screen for homophobic language in real life, which he posted to his 1.2m followers on Instagram. On Sunday, he tweeted an apology, saying his comments were “immature, hurtful, and disrespectful”. Undoubtedly, Edwards can play basketball, but what kind of man, role model, or leader is he? What actions should be taken to discourage this kind of behavior in the NBA and the wider sports world? Continue reading...

I was struck by the illness as a child. We will put everyone in danger if we allow discredited reports to proliferateOne of my earliest memories, perhaps the earliest of all, goes back to when I was about four years old, in 1946, living in the Bronx borough of New York City. I awoke to a searing headache and fiery fever, aching all over. I remember a tube being inserted into my privates, to help withdraw urine. I awoke again, I don’t know how much later, hours or days, in a hospital ward. In the bed next to me was a man engaged with a terrifying contraption I now know was an iron lung, to help him breathe.I could breathe OK, and the terrible fever and headaches had subsided. But I couldn’t move my legs. Continue reading...

Covid and Ukraine war were major setbacks in pursuit of global development goals, philanthropist admits, but cutting back on aid would be ‘tragic’The figures are bad, progress has stalled and all the trends that had been building hope in the world becoming a fairer place are showing sharp about-turns. Yet Bill Gates, who has poured billions of his own dollars into eradicating poverty, remains “optimistic”.“It would be awful to turn away just because we’re getting bad grades due to unexpected setbacks,” he told the Guardian in an exclusive interview ahead of Tuesday’s publication of the annual Goalkeepers Report from the foundation he co-chairs. Continue reading...

The accommodation on the agency’s part could clear the way for a neutral arbiter to review the material seized by FBI at Mar-a-LagoThe justice department has indicated it is willing to accept one of Donald Trump’s picks for a so-called special master to review documents seized during the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago last month.The accommodation on the DoJ’s part could clear the way for the appointment of a neutral arbiter to review the material after both sides initially suggested rival candidates, although it remains to be seen if the judge handling the request, US district judge Aileen Cannon, would approve the Trump team’s selection. Continue reading...

The death is the first in the state and possibly in the country, with the individual being immunocompromised and hospitalizedA Los Angeles resident with a compromised immune system has died of monkeypox in what is believed to be the first US fatality from the virus.The Los Angeles department of public health reconfirmed the death on Monday, and said that the individual was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized. No other information on the person was released. Continue reading...

The musician had three Grammy awards, seven gold records and later, hosted his own radio and TV shows to his creditRamsey Lewis, the renowned jazz pianist whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was 87.Lewis is revered in jazz circles for 1960s hits like The In Crowd, Hang on Sloopy and Wade in the Water. He earned three Grammy awards and seven gold records. The trio’s first record in 1956 was Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing. Continue reading...

The justice department has cast a wide net seeking tips on efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to submit alternatives slates of fake electorsThe US Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas over the past week seeking information about efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, the New York Times reported on Monday.Boris Epshteyn, a longtime Trump adviser, and Mike Roman, a campaign strategist for Trump, had their phones seized last week as evidence, the Times said, citing people familiar with the situation. Continue reading...

The revelation had sparked widespread outrage and pushed California lawmakers to amend legislationA woman whose rape kit DNA was used to link her to an unrelated property crime has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over the incident, which sparked a national outcry earlier this year.It was revealed in February that the San Francisco police department used the DNA and later dropped the charges against her. Her DNA had been collected and stored in the system as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case, then district attorney Chesa Boudin said in February in a shocking revelation that raised privacy concerns. Continue reading...

Defeated president told aide ‘we’re never leaving’ despite Biden’s win, according to new book Confidence ManIn the days after Joe Biden defeated him in the 2020 election, Donald Trump told an aide he was “just not going to leave” the White House, according to a new book on his presidency and its chaotic aftermath.“We’re never leaving,” he vowed to another aide, says the book from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman titled Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. “How can you leave when you won an election?” Continue reading...

Blazes in California, Washington and Oregon cause widespread damage as plumes travel across states and into CanadaCalifornia firefighters are battling large blazes across the state as the west’s fire season heats up, covering swaths of Oregon, Washington, California and Canada in heavy smoke that has also traveled across the US.Rain from tropical storm Kay brought relief to firefighters in southern California after a punishing heatwave gripped much of the state for more than a week and sent some crews to the hospital. Continue reading...

Ronald Pelton, convicted of espionage in 1986, said he accepted money from America’s cold war enemy because he was desperateA former National Security Agency analyst who was arguably its most damaging traitor and became famous for aiding the Soviets during the cold war died last week, according to an obituary posted on the website of a Maryland funeral home.Ronald William Pelton was 80. Continue reading...

The teenager came to New York burdened by pressure of his rapid success but leaves as champion and world No 1Just one month ago, as the tennis tours swung to the North American hard court season at the beginning of August, Carlos Alcaraz was feeling burdened by his rapid success. The early stages of his rise had seemed so easy – he won big titles for fun, outperformed the likes of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, and the Spaniard flew up the rankings with a smile on his face. But now he was dealing with the baggage that accompanied his rise. The pressure and expectations, the shiny new target on his back.While Alcaraz put on a brave face and rolled with the punches during those events, he spoke frankly as he sat with the US Open trophy by his side and looked back on the past few months. “I lost the joy a little bit,” he said. “I felt the pressure. I couldn’t smile on-court which I’m doing in every match, every tournament.” Continue reading...

The liberation of a swathe of territory in the country’s north-east could be a game-changer for KyivThe burnt-out tanks, abandoned crates of ammunition and other evidence of swift, chaotic Russian flight tell their own dramatic story. The stunning, lightning offensive by Ukrainian troops in the north-east of the country constitutes the most significant moment in the war since March, when Vladimir Putin’s assault on Kyiv was repulsed and his invading forces beat a hasty retreat eastwards.Over five days, thousands of square kilometres of the occupied east, including the strategically vital cities of Kupiansk and Izium, have been liberated. According to Ukrainian commanders, Russian troops have been pushed back to the border. The Institute for the Study of War estimates that the counteroffensive has taken control of more territory than Russian forces have managed in all operations since April. Skilful use of western rockets and artillery allowed the Ukrainian military to successfully target Russian supply lines and erode its massive advantage in military hardware. Already low in morale – and lacking elite combat troops who had been dispatched to deal with a prior offensive in the south – Russian fighters abandoned overnight territory that had been won after weeks of attritional warfare. Continue reading...

Rauf and Laura Majidian captured video of the bear as it raided a table of goodies at their West Hartford home before sauntering offA birthday picnic ended in a big surprise for a Connecticut family when a black bear emerged from the woods and made a beeline for their cupcakes.Rauf and Laura Majidian captured video of the bear as it raided a table of goodies laid out for their two-year-old son Cyrus’s party at their West Hartford home. Continue reading...

Nurses seeking more than 30% increases in compensation by the end of the three-year contractThousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday over issues of pay and what they say is understaffing that has been worsened by the strains brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.The labor action includes 15,000 nurses and seven healthcare systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas. Those groups have recruited temporary nurses and say they expect to maintain most services. Continue reading...

Democrat Senate candidate puts abortion rights at top of his agenda as he targets Republican opponent Mehmet OzJohn Fetterman has placed abortion rights at the top of his agenda to capture Pennsylvania’s Senate seat in November, telling supporters at a raucous rally on Sunday: “Women are the reason we can win. Don’t piss off women.”The Democrat was targeting comments made by his Republican opponent Mehmet Oz in May that abortion at any stage of pregnancy was “murder”. Continue reading...

Over the years, the conversation has been steadily closed down so that you can no longer voice anything but adorationA woman in Edinburgh was arrested at the weekend for holding a sign that said: “Fuck imperialism, abolish monarchy.” In Oxford, an even milder protest resulted in the arrest of Symon Hill. He emerged from church as the proclamation for King Charles III was being read, and called out: “Who elected him?” There is a question mark over how disruptive that was, in the great scheme of things, but it was enough for the police to arrest and handcuff him, later to de-arrest him on the understanding that he would be questioned in the future. Hill says that, at the time, they told him they were acting under the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (2022), though they later described it as a potential public order offence.I know all this only because I follow Hill on Twitter, but is it wise to admit that? Who knows how far the powers of the new act extend? The police sure as hell don’t seem to.Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 300 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading...

The teenager has the tools to rule men’s tennis. But he is wise to concentrate on the present after a spectacular US Open victoryLike Michael Myers with a tennis racket, he just keeps coming. If we learned nothing else from Carlos Alcaraz’s sensational run to the US Open title, it’s that one would-be winner is rarely enough to stop him. Often two or three won’t do. For two weeks in New York, the best teenager in men’s tennis since Rafael Nadal nearly two decades ago turned would-be killshots into crowd-pleasing additions to his ever-expanding highlight reel, keeping points alive with his incomparable all-court movement, impeccable touch and taste for the fight. He is a hell of a player.The record will show that Alcaraz formally became the youngest No 1 in the history of the ATP’s world rankings with Sunday’s four-set win over the Norwegian Casper Ruud to capture his first grand slam title. But the 19-year-old from the small village of El Palmar on Spain’s southeastern coast practically earned his trophy in the run-up, surviving three consecutive five-set affairs to reach the title match, something no player had managed in 30 years. Continue reading...

In Alabama, pregnant women who are arrested for drug offenses are not allowed to post bail and go free. Ashley Banks learned that the hard wayAt a traffic stop, the police officer found a small amount of weed. Ashley Banks, a 23-year-old woman living in Alabama, admitted to the cops that she had smoked marijuana two days earlier. It was the same day that she learned she was pregnant. She was six weeks along. It was this disclosure – that she was pregnant – that led Etowah county officials to keep her in jail, without a trial, for the next three months.Alabama has an exceptionally high incarceration rate, locking up about 938 people per 100,000 residents. But even in a state with a disproportionate prison population, an arrest for small-scale drug possession would not usually lead to such an extended pre-trial jail stay. But Banks fell victim to a peculiar Alabama law that advocates say Etowah county enforces with special zeal: pregnant women who are arrested for drug offenses are not allowed to post bail and go free, the way other people are. They have to stay in state custody: either in jail, or in a residential drug rehab program. The logic is that the women are a danger to their fetuses: they need to be imprisoned by the state, and kept from their freedom, in order to protect their pregnancies. Continue reading...

Vice-president says elections will determine whether ‘age-old sanctity’ of right to vote would be protected. Plus, how the movies covered Queen Elizabeth II

Evan McPherson could have won the game twice for Cincinnati against their divisional rivals. But they were missing a key manThe latest instalment of the Steelers-Bengals rivalry was an anxiety-ridden thriller, even for those with no rooting interest in either team. A display of football mastery for the ages, it was not. But the 23-20 overtime win by Pittsburgh had more twists and turns than an entire season of Stranger Things.As such there were several key takeaways, starting with TJ Watt and a ferocious defense bullying a supposedly improved Bengals offensive line. Joe Burrow was sacked a whopping seven times: Watt alone collected a sack, interception and three tackles for a loss (the reigning defensive player of the year would later leave the field with a feared torn pectoral). Continue reading...

Readers spoke of giving up biking for various reasons – but the main concern for the overwhelming majority was road safetyThe number of people who ride their bikes to work in the US has been steadily falling over the past few years, even before the pandemic, according to data collected by nonprofit League of American Bicyclists. In 2014, about 900,000 people rode their bikes to work but in 2020, just over 783,000 did – about 0.5% of all workers.Meanwhile, the number of bicyclists killed in the US continues to rise, from 723 in 2014, to 938 in 2020. Continue reading...

More than 90,000 mom-and-pop restaurants have closed in the last two years. DeDe’s, in Utah, is one of them

Moves comes amid a ferocious backlash to the fall of Roe that has seen Democrat hopes in the midterm elections revivedA growing number of Republicans are changing their positions on abortions since the fall of Roe v Wade as midterm elections approach in the US, signaling a softened shift from their previously staunch anti-abortion stances.Since the supreme court overturned the federal right to abortion in June, many Republicans are adopting more compromised positions in attempts to win votes in key states through a slew of changes in messaging on websites, advertisements and public statements. Continue reading...

Welcome to the fashion-influencer-to-landfill pipeline, where greenwashing abounds and nothing of meaning is saidGood news for people who like being lied to and wearing clothes that smell of petrochemicals: Boohoo, a UK-based online fast-fashion brand that has grown quickly in the US, has announced that they will be partnering with Kourtney Kardashian to embark on a “sustainability journey”.The destination is unclear, but the “journey’’ will involve 46 limited-edition pieces of clothing made from “recycled fibers, traceable cotton, recycled sequins and recycled polyester” as well as “transparent practices for shoppers who want to learn more about the apparel”. Continue reading...

The actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood has died aged 104. Blacklisted in the 1950s, she went on to dedicate her life to humanitarian causes• Obituary Continue reading...

Britain’s first post-colonial monarch championed diversity as Prince of Wales, but he must go much furtherThe sea of white faces outside Buckingham Palace singing God Save the King this weekend was revealing. During her reign, the Queen enjoyed mass appeal at home across communities with roots in the former empire and commanded respect, especially among those of a certain age. The the calypso-loving Elizabeth, who defied conventions and racist attitudes in 1961 to share a dance with Ghana’s pan-Africanist ruler Kwame Nkrumah, will continue to be held in affection.However, King Charles III accedes to the throne in an altogether different time in history. He begins his reign with the record of more than 40 years’ worth of charitable work through the Prince’s Trust, helping young black people turn their lives around. Famous alumni such as the actor Idris Elba and theatre boss Kwame Kwei-Armah are enthusiastic advocates for the King’s commitment to diversity from personal experience.Lester Holloway is editor of the VoiceDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 300 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading...