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Published in:ourEconomyAnother town is possible: community wealth building in the Basque CountryThanks to its unique economic model, the town of Oñati has a history of adapting successfully to economic disruption.
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Published in:Home: OpinionVast sums spent, no one knows why: COVID reveals why UK transparency law must changeBritish governments love to outsource. But Freedom of Information doesn’t apply to private companies, so the rest of...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Key Cummings and Gove ally given COVID-19 contract without open tenderCabinet Office accused of breaching rules after handing £840,000 contract to PR firm run by co-author of the 2019...
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Published in:oDRIs Kyrgyzstan losing the fight against coronavirus?The pandemic has ravaged Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system and the socio-economic position of many of its citizens.
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Published in:Can Europe Make It?Twenty-five years after the Srebrenica genocideAccounting for the missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond, the right to a family, and the right to know.
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil: The undoing of a country known for its innovative health policiesHow did a country that successfully managed past health crises be making headlines for its spiraling Covid-19 chaos?...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How far is a social distance?'If we must "return to normality", let us walk in relation.'
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?National stereotypes in times of Covid-19: the ‘frugal four’ and the ‘irresponsible South’When EU leaders discuss the coronavirus Recovery Fund at the upcoming meeting of the European Council on Friday July...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDeveloping countries urgently need more policy space to fight COVID-19The international community must act to ensure that all countries can protect their people from the pandemic.
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Published in: HomeKajal Odedra: no platforming only ‘entrenches beliefs’The Change.org UK director discusses how to deal with hate speech on the latest episode of Changed My Mind.
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Published in: HomeIf Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose?He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Srebrenica – the obliteration of memoryIt is time to declare July 11 an official day of remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide; a day on which to remember...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCould the Dutch Labour Party vote down controversial trade deal CETA?Legal experts have found the deal violates the constitution by handing too much power to corporations
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations‘Magnitsky Act’ will fail while Britain remains money laundering hub, experts warnSanctions announced by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday will ‘achieve little’ if current loopholes are not closed.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThese 13 bodies said they would counter the pandemic in Latin America - have they?Thirteen Inter-American and international institutions, coordinated by the OAS, agreed on a series of actions to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion‘Build Back Better’ is not a secret left-wing plot – it’s simply common senseOur campaign is an attempt to create alliances for change. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Published in: Transformation: OpinionPoverty is a political choiceA UN Rapporteur has just delivered a withering critique of the international system.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Citizenship stripping, expulsion and statelessness: counter terrorism measures have gone too farCaught up in ‘legislative fever’ around counter-terrorism, states have too readily instrumentalised nationality...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe aspirations and vulnerabilities of migrants in VentimigliaMigration policy can exact a human cost, but it rarely breaks migrants’ will to aspire.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryNo way to find home: common stories of Eritreans in Italy and the NetherlandsRefugees cannot start a new life if they are not allowed to create homes for themselves.
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Published in: 50.50The Chinese government must let us cry for our deadMy social media posts have been censored many times, especially when I said that “we don’t have the right to cry...
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Published in: oDRInside the growing storm over UK-Russia extraditionsLong a haven for businessmen and Kremlin opponents, the UK has increasingly shut down Russian extradition requests...
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Published in: Global ExtremesCan Black lives really matter in the UK before addressing Britishness?Politicians cannot plausibly address ethnic minority discrimination and disadvantage while ignoring how we...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionMiddle class populism in Ukraine: looking for the “real people”What happens when the “people” are, in fact, the privileged section of society?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen activists in the Middle East face online bullying and sexual harassmentA growing wave of online bullying and sexual harassment is forcing many women and feminist activists to abandon the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationWill the e-money boom make the UK a hub of money laundering?openDemocracy investigation finds that international money launderers are moving into Britain’s e-money business –...
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