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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Substandard landlords bank £132m to house vulnerable residentsSpecialist providers pocket huge sums in housing benefit, despite criticism from Regulator of Social Housing
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Published in:50.50: NewsMPs call for review into policing of Black childrenShocking testimony shared in Parliament as Metropolitan Police placed in special measures
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Published in:Home: ExplainerHere’s what you need to know about the ‘Rights Removal Bill’The UK government says it’s about sovereignty, but it will weaken human rights – especially for the most vulnerable
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Published in:Home: OpinionDenying Scotland a referendum would prove that Britain really is brokenWhile Britain’s democracy is an antiquated theme park, in Scotland, sovereignty lies with the people, not the Crown
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Published in:Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: AnalysisBorders, not traffickers, killed 46 people in TexasFrom Essex to San Antonio, on land and at sea, migrants are suffering horrific deaths at the border. What’s it all for?
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Published in:50.50: NewsWhat overturning Roe v Wade could mean for abortion in the UKUK Christian Right groups with strong US links look set to step up activity if Roe v Wade is overturned this week
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Published in: oDRHow Russia took over Chernobyl
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRussia’s repressed independent media is vital to building a post-Putin eraAlmost all Russian journalists have been forced into exile amid a state crackdown. But there is some cause for hope
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Published in: Home: NewsGovernment’s anti-union law will push wages down, economist warnsMinisters could be breaking international law by allowing employers to bring in agency workers to break strikes
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureBig business could wipe out Mexico’s sacred psychedelic peyote cactusBoom in industrial agriculture and peyote tourism endangers sacred land and rites of Indigenous people
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: FeatureChild workers in Jordan shoulder effects of rising poverty levelsHigh rates of poverty and unemployment make plans to eliminate child labour in Jordan a pipe dream
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe US anti-abortion crisis can only end if Democrats restore our rightsThe Supreme Court’s imposition of white Christian patriarchal authoritarian rule is out of step with the people
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Published in: Home: NewsJob vacancy: Senior investigative editorWe’re looking for a senior editor with international experience and a track record of designing and managing...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisIs it time to ration energy?Newsflash: we already do. The question is, how can we do it in a way that works for everybody?
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe UK government wants to stamp out dissent. Here’s how to stop itNew book ‘Rebel Verdict’ is a must-read for anyone concerned by the UK’s increasing attempts to curb protest
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Published in: Home: OpinionInternational aid is racist, say MPs – academics must help decolonise itA committee of British MPs says aid is structurally racist – but even academics seem stuck in colonial thinking
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUK LGBT Awards urged to drop headline sponsor over ‘blatant pinkwashing’Tonight’s awards show has come under fire, with sponsor Macquarie Group accused of ‘profiting from climate crisis’
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Published in: Home: NewsSunak’s jobs scheme left young people in debt and failed to vet employersExclusive: Under-25s were treated like ‘free bodies’ under the government’s £1.9bn Kickstart project
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Published in: 50.50: NewsPartner of US citizen ‘left to die’ in Malta condemns Roe v Wade decisionEXCLUSIVE: Andrea Prudente’s partner spoke to oD from her bedside in Spain, where she awaits a life-saving abortion
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationClose Kremlin allies among Russian donors who gave £7m to British unisUnion condemns sector for helping oligarchs 'launder reputations' – but says higher education needs financial help
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Published in: Home: OpinionI reported on Thatcher-era strikes. Here’s what today’s coverage is missingThe demise of industrial correspondents allows the Tory press to deliver outlandish, make-believe scare stories
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Published in: Home: NewsRail firm paid shareholders £500m before asking workers to take wage cutCEOs of the six biggest train companies also took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020
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Published in: oDR: InterviewMeet the man risking arrest to set up an LGBTIQ museum in RussiaAs anti-LGBTIQ laws tighten in Russia, Pyotr Voskresensky hopes that observing the past will offer hope for the future
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisWhat might the US be like post-Roe v Wade? Look at present-day NigeriaIn Nigeria, which has the world's second-highest maternal death rate, abortions carry jail terms of up to 14 years
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Published in: 50.50: InterviewRacism in UK maternal care: ‘Why aren’t we being listened to?’Sandra Igwe on the trauma she and many other women of colour are left with after being disregarded during pregnancy
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: AnalysisTo prevent trafficking in Israel, allow migrants to leave abusive employersIsrael’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking is blind to the root causes of exploitation. But there are...
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