2026.01.01
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lsanderson‘A state of crisis’: record number of Americans are pessimistic about US healthcare system
Costs, insurance delays and difficult-to-obtain mental health treatment plague the US health system
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/healthcare-americans-poll-data-insurance
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze
Mystery meat and maggot-infested produce: the disturbing reality of US prison food
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/eating-behind-bars-book-prison-food
Nine science-backed ways to help you feel better in 2026 (Payqalled?)
BBC Future team
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251231-nine-simple-steps-to-feeling-better-in-2026
Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026
Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year
By Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/01/wuthering-heights-devil-wears-prada-odyssey-films-to-get-excited-about-in-2026
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/31/demon-slayer-economics-how-anime-juggernaut-became-saviour
What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga
It’s the Korean fantasy movie that came out of nowhere to become Netflix’s most-watched film ever. And social media mentions of its characters are outranking those of real-life superstars
Elle Hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/01/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-korean-most-watched-film
New year celebrations and Zohran Mamdani sworn in: photos of the day – Thursday
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/jan/01/new-year-celebrations-and-zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-photos-of-the-day-thursday
In pictures: New Year welcomed around the world (Paywalled?)
Matthew TuckerandLucy Talavera
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c050j896q2do
Costs, insurance delays and difficult-to-obtain mental health treatment plague the US health system
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/healthcare-americans-poll-data-insurance
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze
Mystery meat and maggot-infested produce: the disturbing reality of US prison food
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/eating-behind-bars-book-prison-food
Nine science-backed ways to help you feel better in 2026 (Payqalled?)
BBC Future team
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251231-nine-simple-steps-to-feeling-better-in-2026
Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026
Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year
By Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/01/wuthering-heights-devil-wears-prada-odyssey-films-to-get-excited-about-in-2026
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/dec/31/demon-slayer-economics-how-anime-juggernaut-became-saviour
What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga
It’s the Korean fantasy movie that came out of nowhere to become Netflix’s most-watched film ever. And social media mentions of its characters are outranking those of real-life superstars
Elle Hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/01/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-korean-most-watched-film
New year celebrations and Zohran Mamdani sworn in: photos of the day – Thursday
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/jan/01/new-year-celebrations-and-zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-photos-of-the-day-thursday
In pictures: New Year welcomed around the world (Paywalled?)
Matthew TuckerandLucy Talavera
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c050j896q2do
