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Published in:Home: NewsMinisters found no evidence Truss’s ‘red tape-cutting’ will aid businessesExclusive: The government’s own expert has warned that the prime minister’s deregulation could hamper growth
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Published in:Home: AnalysisOur Black British history is being sanitised. Guess who that benefitsBlack History Month is too American and puts too much focus on a narrow group of people. Here’s what’s missing
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Published in:50.50: OpinionTala the nonbinary alien, and how I got my library to go easy on genderIt’s time we stopped forcing young children into strict gender categories
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Published in:Home: OpinionTruss’s government is in trouble, but does Labour have answers?OPINION: Truss’s neoliberalism may be the Tories' downfall, but it's not clear if Starmer offers a real alternative
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Published in:Home: News‘Fantastic’: What Truss’s allies said about budget that crashed UK economyThink tanks celebrated Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget as ‘welcome’ and ‘a boost’ in a series of now-awkward briefings
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Published in:50.50: AnalysisYoung Nigerians struggle to disrupt old power at upcoming electionMillions of young people have registered to vote, but the candidates in next year’s election are old and limited
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Published in: oDRWhat’s the future of Russia’s Ukraine war?
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Published in: Home: NewsopenDemocracy hits the big time: two shortlists in Media Freedom AwardsThe independent international media organisation is up against five major national titles in each list
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Art HereA closer look at art and migration from ArtHereIstanbul, a gallery and community space
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Published in: Home: Analysis‘Carbon offsetting’ is just greenwash. Here’s what we need insteadopenDemocracy caught British Gas trying to ‘offset’ CO2 with worthless carbon credits. But the rot goes deeper
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: TrailerMaggie Perzyna debunks myths about migration with the help of experts from around the world
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHurricane Ian’s destruction may soon be the norm. The US isn’t readyOPINION: By rejecting action on climate change as ‘left-wing’ , Florida’s governor paved way for worsening inequality
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Published in: Changemakers: FeatureFighting for their rights: Brazil at a crossroadsAhead of Sunday's Brazilian election, Indigenous and urban activists are fighting violence, injustice and inequality
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: British Gas ‘misleading’ customers over green energy claimsRecords obtained by openDemocracy show the energy giant bought ‘junk’ carbon credits from a chemical factory
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEven a Lula victory won’t necessarily mean a win for BrazilOPINION: Latin America’s Left needs a new development model to stop the continent’s ‘open veins’ from haemorrhaging
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow ordinary people are stepping in to help the displaced in KyrgyzstanWhen the state can’t deal with crisis, people step up – inside and outside the country
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHas Bolsonaro released a flood of guns to overwhelm Brazil’s democracy?OPINION: Brazil’s president may well lose Sunday’s election, but he has ensured he has plenty of armed supporters
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Ana SurieA conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp
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Published in: Home: NewsColston statue ruling is attack on right to protest, warn leading barristersThe Court of Appeal said today the ‘Colston Four’ should not have been able to use a human rights defence
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsGovernment given formal warning over personal data failuresInformation Commissioner’s Office reprimanded seven organisations for causing people ‘significant distress’
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisWhat Giorgia Meloni’s far-Right government will mean for ItalyHow did Brothers of Italy take power – and how will the party’s election affect women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights?
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisIf Lula wins in Brazil, he will face harsh economic headwindsLula would enter office with a progressive agenda. Will he be able to repeat the successes of his last presidency?
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Published in: Home: OpinionNew foreign secretary James Cleverly must tackle UK aid transparency crisisOPINION: Transparency over the aid budget is vital to restoring trust and the UK’s good standing
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Published in: Home: NewsCrispin Odey: How Kwarteng’s ex-boss is cashing in on cost-of-living crisisThe hedge fund manager has described his lucrative bets against the government as ‘the gifts that keep on giving’
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWhenever capitalism gets into crisis, it’s women’s bodies on the lineFrom witch hunts to overturning Roe v Wade, violence against women is at the heart of our economic operating system
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Published in: Home: NewsOfgem won’t publish probe into how energy firms fail people in debtWatchdog found problems with the way 16 suppliers treated the public – three of them ‘severe’
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Published in: Home: NewsLet local councils freeze rents in cost of living crisis, says LabourShadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy says she is ‘very interested’ in giving councils power to freeze private rents
