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Published in:Home: OpinionThe age of Trump is over. Now the US must tackle its polarisationIn the past 20 years, hostility – fomented in a dislike and distrust of different groups – has dramatically...
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Published in:ourEconomyTo fix the US, President Biden must listen to those who put him in powerAn unprecedented grassroots mobilisation removed Donald Trump from the White House. The incoming president would be...
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Published in:50.50Farewell to the Alt-Facts Republic: the Trump administration obituaryThe Twitter-obsessed, twice-impeached Trump administration has died, age four – but the polarisation it fed off, and...
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Published in:HomeTrump’s legacy isn’t just violence and QAnon. It’s a broken information systemTalking to voters across the US, from gentle MAGA moms to armed militias, it’s clear why Trumpism has taken a deep...
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Published in:openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow to fix the UK's hunger crisisThe number of people relying on food banks has risen to historic proportions since the start of the pandemic – but...
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Published in:ourEconomy: Investigation“They left us starving”: How the fashion industry abandoned its workersFashion brands must end exploitation in supply chains and offer fair salaries and working conditions, say industry experts.
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan, North Korea – and Tunisia: a security briefing for Joe BidenBiden’s first executive orders have done a lot, but he can’t order away all Trump’s cack-handed legacy – or silence...
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Published in: 50.50How our feminist investigative journalism fellows are shaking up the mediaopenDemocracy is training women and LGBTIQ people around the world in investigations and storytelling. Meet our...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWage theft: the missing middle in exploitation of migrant workersEnsuring that migrants are paid properly for their work would do more good than anti-trafficking ever will.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightA fascist authoritarian Utopia: the Eurosiberian ethnostate for native EuropeansMeet Guillaume Faye’s ‘destined space’, an ethnocentric, inegalitarian, aristocratic, imperial confederation.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 is pushing migrants back to their home countriesWith large numbers of migrants returning to their countries of origin due to the pandemic, better reintegration...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory donor Lord Ashcroft’s outsourcing firm lands £350m vaccination contractMedacs Healthcare is part of a group whose largest shareholder is Michael Ashcroft – who has given millions to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMoving to the right could ‘blow up in Labour’s face’, warns Diane AbbottDuring an openDemocracy debate last week, the former shadow home secretary challenged the idea that the UK’s Labour...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLabour migrants’ struggle to subvert anti-trafficking interventions in NepalFor the targets of anti-trafficking measures, they are just one more obstacle to overcome.
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Published in: 50.50Nous recrutons des correspondants en Mésoamérique et en Afrique de l'Ouest francophonePostulez pour rejoindre l’équipe de journalisme feministe d’investigation engagée suite aux réactions contre les...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From keystroke to brushstroke: where’s the art in modern work?Does the internet rob us of the pleasure of being together, acting together, making the future together?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela sends oxygen and doctors to the Brazilian AmazonAt the same time, Mexico cedes vaccines to poor countries while the U.S. and Russia refuse to join COVAX.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersEurope must recognise the vital contributions of vulnerable migrantsIt is time for EU governments to implement fair migration policies that recognise the vital role of its migrant workforce.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The state of trade unions in the UKThere was never a better time to join a union, organise and fight for a fairer, greener world.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe troubling case of Maâti Monjib highlights Morocco’s climate of repressionFor five years, the 60-year-old academic and journalist has been the subject of police persecution.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Manchester's imaginary PolynesianThe personal, historical and mythical lives of James Wharram: review of a rare autobiography.
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismPrecarity, populism, and prospects for a green democratic transformationThe proper Left alternative to the class struggle is subverting capitalism by mobilizing an ever wider and more...
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy are Quebecers so keen to ban religious symbols?Laws restricting the wearing of religious symbols are in place in a number of European countries but are relatively...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe far right’s rise within armed forces is a global threat to democracyThe suspected involvement of soldiers and police in the US Capitol riots echoes infiltration moves by extremists in Europe.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US Capitol protesters are still fundraising via Amazon and PayPalTech giants are under pressure to ‘sever all ties to hate groups and white supremacists’.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow to fix the UK's hunger crisis
