Mary Fitzgerald is openDemocracy's editor-in-chief. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, New York Review of Books, New Statesman, Project Syndicate, Al Jazeera and has been syndicated globally. She has served as a trustee for the human rights charity Reprieve, and on the editorial code committee of Impress, the UK press regulator. She has worked at Avaaz, the global campaigning organisation, and as a senior editor of Prospect Magazine in London.
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWe’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with PalantirAnd here’s what needs to happen now
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with PalantirThe UK government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsMPs demand answers from Gove over Freedom of Information concernsSenior Tories to seek answers from Cabinet ministers, after newspaper editors unite behind openDemocracy’s call for...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsFleet Street editors unite to demand ‘urgent’ action on Freedom of InformationGove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson and his government are attacking press freedom. We must not let them winOne journalist has been arrested. A minister has attacked another on Twitter. These are not isolated incidents – 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...