Sunday, 24th June 2012

24 June 2012
Top slot
Top article: 
German own goal: why Berlin’s sense of invulnerability will be its undoing
Top article description: 
Without a mutualisation of risk, the euro will collapse, with devastating implications for German exports, the value of Germany's foreign investments, and the stability of its banking sector. By contrast, the reforms needed to stabilise the eurozone pose far fewer risks to Germany.
Top image: 
Image credit: 
Demotix/Goncalo Silva. Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister of Finance, Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, February 2012. All rights reserved.
Left column
Article 1: 
Life in limbo for UK’s irregular migrant children and families
Article 1 description: 
The Obama administration’s recent decision to suspend deportations and grant renewable residence permits to young ‘illegal’ migrants brought up in the United States will benefit up to 800,000 young people. Meanwhile, the UK government offers no solution for its 120,000 irregular migrant children.
Article 2: 
Tunisia’s setback in freedom of expression
Article 2 description: 
Though only a limited reform, and one that seems to have been quickly dispatched, the Allegiance Institute remains an important milestone. It was a tacit acknowledgment that despite the King's power he does not rule alone.
Article 3: 
Guaranteeing access to the UK's 'collective abundance': how the BBC can lead the way in creating a Digital Public Space
Article 3 description: 
A clarion call by the BBC's Controller of Archive Development, Tony Ageh, to create a new kind of commons: a digital public space, populated with unimaginable cultural riches
Right column
Article 1: 
Saudi Arabia's moribund monarchy
Article 1 description: 
Though only a limited reform, and one that seems to have been quickly dispatched, the Allegiance Institute remains an important milestone. It was a tacit acknowledgment that despite the King's power he does not rule alone.
Article 2: 
Modern Greek history podcast, parts 2 and 3
Article 2 description: 
<p>Parts 2 (50 mins) and 3&nbsp;(50 mins)&nbsp;of the generalists' introduction to modern Greek history take us from 1920 to the present day. Part 1, 1820-1920, is <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/tony-curzon-price-terence-mitchison/history-podcast-birth-of-modern-greece">here</a>, and the two articles that have served as anchors for the conversation are <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/aristos-doxiadis/owners-rentiers-opportunists">here</a>&nbsp;(Doxiadis on the historical roots of current economic structure) and <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/openeconomy/takis-s-pappas/causes-of-greek-crisis-are-in-greek-politics">here</a> (Takis Pappas on the political history that led to crisis)</p>
Article 3: 
Don’t bank on gender equality from the UK high street
Article 3 description: 
In a feminised recession, with women bearing the brunt of job losses and austerity measures, do we now need to add another grim example – women being undermined by their banks?
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