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Published in: Home: OpinionVaccine apartheid is prolonging COVID – not vaccine hesitancyThere’s a colonial tendency to portray people in Africa as anti-science and averse to progress, when the real...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsGo private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patientsPatients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s...
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Published in: 50.50: InterviewMeet the UK activist bringing clothes and community to trans youthG(end)er Swap: gender-affirming fashion can be a ‘lifesaver’ for young trans people – who can wait years for vital healthcare
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Published in: Pandemic Borders: FeatureGetting a foothold in global opera: the cost of COVIDAspiring singers are finding it hard to begin careers in the world of international opera because of difficulties...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsThree-quarters of UK public worried more NHS privatisation will damage careExclusive: Both Tory and Labour voters are worried about the impact of more NHS privatisation, poll commissioned by...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsMP with stake in giant health insurer lobbied for ‘Australian-style’ care insuranceExclusive: Tory MP Marcus Fysh ‘wrong’ not to mention interest in insurance firm when proposing insurance-friendly...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy, as an American transgender woman, I don’t feel it’s safe to visit the UKThe BBC prides itself on its impartiality. But its new podcast about Stonewall is another example of the UK media’s...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMexican women win abortion rights, state by stateSlowly but steadily, Mexican women are gaining access to legal abortion – despite right-wing politicians and...
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Published in: Home: OpinionSunak hides behind rose-tinted glasses as COVID and climate threats riseBudget ignores need for emission cuts, while government’s consistent incompetence puts Britons at greater risk from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe Welsh government is escaping scrutiny over COVID-19A landmark report showed Westminster’s terrible mistakes in the pandemic. But Wales made its own mistakes, too
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisI raised an early alarm on PCR test scandal but authorities ignored meCommunity volunteer demands inquiry into impact of mistakes by privately-run Immensa lab after huge spike in COVID cases
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow a Taiwan influencer raised €140K for a Lithuanian ‘crisis pregnancy centre’After Lithuania sent COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, Jill Chang inadvertently directed her followers to a controversial...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionVote looms on health bill that would subject English NHS to cronyism and cutsThe government has failed to allay privatisation concerns in major new health bill – MPs must vote it down at third reading
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureTrans men in Colombia struggle to access safe abortionTrans men in Colombia are at high risk of being raped, but if they become pregnant they often can’t get the help they need
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUK government’s pandemic deal was win-win… for private hospitalsA multi-billion-pound contract enlisted 187 private hospitals to help the UK’s COVID response. Why did they care for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn holiday in sunny, sensible Portugal, I realised England is bad, actuallyThe Portuguese use masks to keep COVID at bay, while the English rely on nostalgia and a misguided sense of national...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy I created the hashtag #ExposeChristianSchoolsPrivate Christian schools in the US take public money to push a ‘religion-centred, anti-science, anti-multicultural...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Global North caused the climate crisis. Now is the time to pay its duesExtreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationSpanish anti-LGBT group battled Google to suppress links to secret societyWikiLeaks files show that HazteOir, which uses ‘free speech’ arguments to oppose LGBT rights, fought to hide ties to...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsUK government could face legal action over huge, secretive health databaseExclusive: Lawyers acting for openDemocracy have written to health secretary Sajid Javid demanding transparency over...
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