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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionWe need a National Care Service like the NHS to fix our social care crisis
Seventy-five years after the founding of the NHS, we need an equally bold solution to fix our broken social care system
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Published in:ourEconomy: FeatureCheap labour and AI won’t fix our care crisis. Here’s a real solutionPeople are living longer, with more care needs. We must rebalance our relationship to work, the planet and each other
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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisWhy the climate crisis is a care crisis – and how we can avert itWe’re watching a global failure to protect life unfold in the pursuit of profit. Here’s what needs to happen instead
Empire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see today
openDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG, exploring the legacies of empire through Liverpool’s docks, is available online
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Published in: Home: NewsNet zero minister linked to oil-funded group that targeted climate protestersClaire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe World Bank funding freeze will harm the queer Ugandans it claims to defendThe bank has diverted attention from the US anti-rights groups who helped drive homophobic legislation across Africa
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationA community is fighting to stop gold mining firms polluting Ecuador’s riversDefenders of the Azuay water, led by Indigenous leader Yaku Pérez, are fighting against gold mining in the region
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionUN should be learning from sustainable food producers – not hosting Big AgSmall-scale farmers and Indigenous groups say they have again been shut out of the UN Food Systems Summit
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow to beat the cost-of-living crisis? Join the care workers fighting backThe past year has seen huge strikes. But the first steps taken by people new to workplace organising are big, too
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow the design of our cities is making the care crisis worseAn obsession with security – and with cars – has destroyed the communal spaces key to building strong networks
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureWhat the Black feminists who resisted state violence can teach us about careThe history of political organising among marginalised communities in the UK shows us the value of nurturing networks
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Published in: ourEconomyThe UK care crisis, explainedA new openDemocracy series examines the roots of the UK's crisis of care and how to fix it
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Published in: Home: InvestigationSome ‘renewable’ UK incinerators are more polluting than coal stationsExclusive: Waste firms and councils accused of ‘greenwashing’ with false claims over burning rubbish for energy
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Published in: Home: NewsBP and Shell bosses among oil execs given £15m for ‘protecting environment’Revealed: Major oil companies rewarded bosses for hitting climate targets despite continuing to pump oil and gas
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow Britain’s Covid support for big business entrenched inequalityWe researched exec pay, shareholder dividends and wage gaps in firms that received public cash. Here’s what we found
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionForget GDP growth, it’s sustainable wellbeing we need to aim forAn EU conference on sustainable wellbeing provided a real vision for a future that’s fairer for all
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Published in: Home: InvestigationUK airlines’ new ‘sustainable’ fuels may be causing deforestation in AsiaExclusive: Experts fear lack of industry regulation means virgin palm oil is being passed off as ‘used’ cooking oil
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow the lithium rush in West Africa is harming rural communitiesThe scramble for ‘green economy’ lithium is bringing strain and uncertainty for rural West Africans
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: NewsBrazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate Lula but warn: more needs to be doneBrasilia’s first big Indigenous gathering since Lula took office pushed its ‘number one priority’ – land rights
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionA proper ‘pandemic treaty’ would value universal access over profitOPINION: The WHO’s draft treaty being debated in Geneva does not tackle the power imbalance in global health
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Published in: Home: NewsTrade secretary Kemi Badenoch dined with anti-climate lobbyists in USMinister had secret meeting with oil-backed think tank that warned UK government not to listen to climate scientists
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Published in: Home: AnalysisHere’s how Humza Yousaf can deliver a fairer, greener ScotlandAfter 16 years in power, the SNP is stagnating. With these 16 policies, the new first minister can change that
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBreaking corporate monopolies is the only way to save democracyOPINION: Tackling our most pressing problems will require taking back the enormous power held by the 1%
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Published in: Home: NewsUK government lets airlines off the hook for £300m air pollution billThe government wrote off emissions equivalent to 400,000 passengers flying from London to Sydney and back in one year