Brexit chaos could trigger a general election at any moment. Whenever it happens, there will be dozens of MPs who get elected illegally. Here’s how.

Politicians, media and some academics have spent years peddling narratives that racism and Islamophobia are the ‘will of the people’, but the facts tell a very different story.

Yes there’s a problem with the aid budget – and Priti Patel is among those most responsible.

Was Brandon Lewis trying to mislead over the extent of Islamophobia in the Party when he said there were no outstanding complaints - or are his systems just completely broken?

Meaningful votes mean less and less. Indeed, outcomes of binary ballots can be fake!

New research shows that introducing a guaranteed income floor would cut poverty, narrow inequality and reduce dependency on means testing.

The events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing dissenters across its former empire for decades.

The informality of the protests and the mix of old- and new-style organising gives hope, though there are challenges and a backlash to be navigated.

Those who claim we are living in an era of 'unprecedented prosperity' turn a blind eye to the suffering of people and planet.

The young don’t need a fantasy of techno-fixes and “studying hard” to solve climate change. We demand action before it’s too late.

The only people that are taking back control from Brexit are the same vested interests that fuelled voter discontent in the first place.

After decades in retreat, the left must urgently begin to build a mass programme of economics education, tied to a broad political movement.

A few thousand bankers are taking £6 billion a year from the UK economy, new figures show. What’s the opportunity cost – and how could things be different?

We need to rethink how data and digital infrastructure is governed, owned and used.

A successful green transition will require much more than increased government spending.

Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.

Market arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set parameters.

Information Commissioner rules that Brexit department must release names of European Research Group MPs, following openDemocracy Freedom of Information appeal.

Who owns and controls the wealth of nations is fundamental to how an economic system functions, and in whose interests .

A new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.