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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCoerced innovation: Gaza makes its own tools to fight against COVID-19
Gaza’s engineers have been forced to confront the COVID-19 pandemic with ingenuity: building ventilators from scratch.
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: global pandemic power grabs
Rights and freedoms cut in the name of coronavirus this week
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinians in East Jerusalem: living under a deadly virus and a violent occupation
The coronavirus pandemic is revealing the ugly realities and the injustice of occupation which can no longer be ignored.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesCOVID-19 does not care about residency status
Some of the most vulnerable members of our communities are being left out of the budget and access to healthcare.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPandemic poverty: "I can't afford to live on £94 a week"
Four women in the UK explain how the British government's coronavirus support scheme has let them slip through the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPublic ownership in times of coronavirus
A new ourEconomy series with TNI putting the spotlight on struggles to bring services into democratic control.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFighting COVID-19 in war-torn Libya: local initiatives might be the answer
Suffering from war, a weak economy and a nearly non-existent healthcare system, how can Libya fight a pandemic?
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightWill France's Marine Le Pen be a profiteer or victim of the pandemic?
Is it reasonable to expect that the radical populist right is going to make somewhat of a comeback after the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExclusive: Controversy over key coronavirus role for Boris ‘cycling pal’ Andrew Gilligan
Ministers claim COVID-19 response is led by science and experts – so why is Gilligan calling up labs to negotiate...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionNo new normal: building the commons
Now is the time to reflect on the work we’ve done to create an economy based on abundance rather than scarcity, and...
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Published in: 50.50We are cheap labour to fight COVID-19
I was put on the frontline against the coronavirus. I’m a medical resident. We have no tests, protection or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWalls and weapons can’t stop a virus: priorities must change!
The lessons learned from this crisis and for other possible future disasters, is that reform has become vital.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesWe need sanctuary cities and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
The defence and expansion of sanctuary policies are integral to our collective resiliency at this time.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy are a third of UK COVID-19 patients ethnic minority?
People of colour are being hit disproportionately by this crisis. Why?
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Published in: Migrant FuturesCOVID-19: Canada locks its gates to asylum seekers
For asylum seekers, the route to a safe home is being all but eliminated.
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Published in: TransformationSeizing the unexpected opportunities of COVID-19
The pandemic provides a chance to re-evaluate and re-imagine our collective future.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lie
Asking big questions and learning from our different experiences are the first steps to a better world beyond coronavirus.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe need to ramp up global public spending to fight COVID-19
The pandemic has shown us that global solidarity is not a nice idea – it is a necessity.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAfter the pandemic: a ten-point plan for the collective provision of basic needs
The coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential...
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Published in: 50.50Isolated in a toxic relationship
I am in lockdown with my husband who drinks and shouts and breaks things. We live on social grants. My kids are...