The state is a rather peculiar place – its result may not matter as much as some analysts and pundits are suggesting

Having been ‘decimated’ by cuts, fire services must risk personal safety as climate change worsens heatwaves

Christian Legal Centre and Christian Concern accused of using tragic case to whitewash their own anti-rights work

Trans people in Florida are being targeted by their own governor – who ‘desperately wants to be president’

Stanton Healthcare, accused of spreading anti-abortion misinformation, has a suspended anti-vax GP as a trustee

Influential mental health figures call LGBTIQ identities ‘disease’ and ‘disorder’ – yet regulators remain silent

In this south Wales community, parents skip meals, kids wear coats to bed, and pensioners shower at the local pool

In a world first, a truth commission reviewing Colombia’s war has adopted a definition for reproductive violence

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People in prisons and immigration detention describe ‘dangerous and cruel conditions’ in cells as UK hits 40°C

Report reveals that Muslim women are bullied into labour inductions and deprived of pain relief

As the effects of the climate crisis are seen in global heatwaves and droughts, oil firms are booming

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Activists in Quintero-Puchuncaví Bay ‘sacrifice zone' hail closure of Codelco plant that poisoned their community

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‘We need fair, equal access to healthcare, not a pointless war of words’

As the former health secretary vies for No.10, the truth of his ministerial past puts paid to his ‘sensible’ image

Johnson’s legacy is racist and anti-democratic. But so were those of his predecessors

Experts in Europe fear that backsliding on abortion rights will go beyond US borders. Here’s why

Exclusive: Pro-choice and secular groups warn that scheme is part of strategy to “undo” progress on women’s rights

Don’t forget about us, say women who still face huge barriers to access abortion

Oxford University researchers found relative spend on outsourcing was associated with deaths from certain illnesses

The Supreme Court’s imposition of white Christian patriarchal authoritarian rule is out of step with the people