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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisCan the new coalition of US progressives defeat big money and Trumpism?To stave off authoritarianism, Democrats need to deliver on their promises and directly confront the institutions...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisWill Putin use 9 May to escalate the Ukraine war or signal its end?The president is likely to make an announcement on Russia's annual Victory Day. What he says will offer insight into...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWe’ve hit crisis point for trans people in AmericaFrom Alabama to Florida, our rights are under attack. We can’t counter the Right without understanding its tactics
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionOverturning Roe v Wade is just the beginning. They won’t stop at abortionThe Republican Party is poised to impose a Christofascist theocracy upon all Americans – limiting the rights of...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Influential UK net-zero sceptics funded by US oil ‘dark money’Net Zero Watch says it won’t take cash from fossil fuel investors – but we discovered a funder with millions in oil
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureState reform isn’t enough. Our times demand Black anarchismFor many who are marginalised, the state has only ever kicked them around. Redress looks like power directly in the...
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Published in: Home: Feature‘Forget about Elon Musk’: How to save the world from Big TechIn an openDemocracy live discussion, Shoshana Zuboff and Susie Alegre warned that, left unchecked, Big Tech can...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureAfter Amazon and Starbucks, what’s next for revamped US labor movement?Workers across the country are beginning to reverse a 40-year decline of labor organising. But deeper problems remain
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Published in: Home: FeaturePoor us: how collective narcissism powers Trump and Putin’s supportersIndividuals can feel narcissism for their group as well as themselves – and many politicians are succeeding by...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIs Hungary’s Viktor Orbán the US Christian Right’s new Vladimir Putin?The fall of Putin’s star among US evangelicals leaves a void they may seek to fill with another strongman leader...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Ukraine war is at a dangerous stalemate. What’s next?Vladimir Putin is now fighting a proxy war against NATO. Losing would be a disaster for either side
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Published in: ourEconomy: InterviewTo achieve racial justice we must rebuild the world – and save the planetOlúfémi Táíwò argues that reparations for slavery and colonialism must include saving the earth from climate catastrophe
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Published in: Migrant Futures: AnalysisHealthcare gig platforms help migrant workers survive – but at what cost?Platforms like Uber, DoorDash and Deliveroo give migrants a stepping-stone to better jobs. They aren’t such a good...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureRussia and China are moving closer together. Is this a new world order?Now that Putin and his generals have threatened Russia’s economic power by invading Ukraine, they have one place...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureAnti-rights groups tried to take over a UN summit. Feminists fought backWomen from the Global South battled for gender equality and climate justice at the UN’s annual Commission on the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCan Russia be brought to justice for war crimes in Ukraine?As more Russian troops withdraw, many more instances of appalling conduct – including torturing and killing...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhy Bolsonaro may want to think twice about Putin’s supportAs Brazil’s elections loom, President Bolsonaro finds himself behind in the polls and isolated internationally. Can...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about RussiaThose in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTexas parents with trans kids speak out on shocking ‘child abuse’ policyA new law in one US state means families with trans children can be investigated for ‘child abuse’. Now parents are...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureThis is how teenagers feel about the Russia-Ukraine warYoung people from Moscow, Kyiv, the US and elsewhere tell openDemocracy how they have been affected by the war
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWhat’s the future of Russia’s Ukraine war?
