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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDemocracy, policing and the coronavirus pandemic
Policing during the pandemic shows that we still have a long way to go before the UK can say it polices by consent.
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Published in: ourEconomyReplacing rentier capitalism is one of the defining challenges of our age
Two new books reveal how our economy is increasingly oriented around the interests of asset owners – and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionDrug prohibition isn't working - and the problem is getting worse in lockdown
Britain’s drug policy is based more on the country's history of war, snobbery, and racism than on evidence of what works.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTrump or Biden, trade deals still threaten Britain’s NHS
Whether a UK deal with an 'America First' president, or Biden’s more traditional global trade stance, battles ahead...
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Published in: 50.50How women’s voices have been marginalised in COVID media coverage
A new study by King’s College London analysed 146,867 articles about coronavirus – and found a striking lack of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Nuclear disarmament : from ‘open-ended talks’ to ratification and beyond
Now the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is due to become international law, nuclear powers need to...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationInteractive: Explore US Christian right ‘dark money’ spending globally
$280 million in ‘dark money,’ 28 organisations, seven different regions – the US Christian Right’s global influence...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe UK is increasingly run by corporate insiders. And Scotland is, too
From a new biography of the prime minister to an interview with the man behind the SNP’s independence plans,...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe SNP must rethink its economic model for an independent Scotland
The blueprint commissioned by Nicola Sturgeon offers a future of less sovereignty – not more. It’s time to think again.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationUS Christian anti-LGBT ‘hate group’ spent more than $20m in Europe
Lawsuits against COVID-hit UK councils and venues could set ‘menacing’ precedents for US-style ‘religious freedom’...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: $280m ‘dark money’ spent by US Christian right groups globally
Lawmakers say scale of spending – particularly by Trump’s lawyers and allies – is ‘alarming,' and call for urgent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Political racism and the making of ‘Brexitland’
Racism is the gift that keeps giving as new racialisations are superimposed on old. We need to understand the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK universities’ dangerous reliance on China is being driven by marketisation
Institutions are being forced to risk academic freedom under current funding model.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs the world burns, the UK must lead once more
The gaps in the Climate Change Act urgently need patching.
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Published in: ourEconomyExclusive: Leading economists call for 'short but deep circuit-breaker lockdowns'
The UK government’s approach to suppressing COVID-19 risks becoming "the worst of all possible worlds".
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Published in: ourEconomyLetter: There is no trade-off between public health and the economy
Periodic ‘circuit breaker’ lockdowns, with renewed Treasury support, are the only way to suppress the virus and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOVID-19 has exposed the UK's digital divide. It's time to invest in a full-fibre future
The pandemic has underscored the need to make Internet access a 21st century human right.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionJohn Gray: the nationalist philosopher stoking ‘culture wars’ fires
“He and his cohort are today’s intellectual agent-provocateurs, laying booby-traps for progressives.“
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Published in: Home: OpinionBillionaires haven’t let the COVID crisis go to waste
Wealthy gamblers with a strong stomach and cold blood have profited from the sickness of millions rather than...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow to break the COVID doom loop
Introducing a system of planned, intermittent ‘circuit breakers’ would save lives and protect the economy.