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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy do Black women in the US have more C-sections than white women?Black women in the US have the highest risk of dying in childbirth. Dangerous and unnecessary caesareans have a lot...
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Published in: Global Extremes: AnalysisWhy are Christians in Germany more immune to far-Right populism than in the US?On opposite sides of the Atlantic, Christian communities are reacting very differently to the messages of right-wing...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureUS cities lead action to ban anti-LGBT ‘conversion therapy’Despite opposition from the religious Right, activists are winning campaigns to outlaw practices that seek to ‘cure’...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisJoe Biden is fixing social care whilst Boris Johnson won’t even talk about itInvestment in social infrastructure makes sound economic sense – but Downing Street would rather leave women to pick...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionReal American men and the liberal war on meatHow Joe Biden’s climate plan sparked Republican panic over masculinity and the most American of holidays
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionHow the United States helps to kill PalestiniansThrough the supplying of arms, financial support and UN vetoes, the US has played a key role in the decades-long...
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Published in: ourEconomy: Feature‘A year later, Breonna Taylor still hasn’t had justice. Say her name’Breonna was killed by police a year ago today. Here’s how five Black Lives Matter activists in her home city think...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOVID-19 has made the super-rich richer. It’s time for a billionaire wealth taxThe US’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisJoe Biden steps into a high-wire dance with Iran hardliners over nuclear dealThe US is trying to salvage the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action before Iranian President Rouhani leaves office in...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRemembering W.E.B. Du Bois: a giant in the struggle for Black freedom in the USAs America faces a period of renewed racial and political polarization, Du Bois’s vision for building a multi-racial...
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Published in: Home: OpinionKamala Harris, Angela Davis, and the US's failed revolutionIf the pandemic could be seen as our Reichstag Fire moment, then the attacks on the Capitol on 6 January 2021 might...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureSix ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justiceThe impeachment trial may have failed, but the former president has multiple legal battles ahead of him
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: FeatureGlobal white supremacy cult: How the South African radical Right bolsters US extremism
Some radical right-wing South African groups have travelled to the US in efforts to expand their organisational networks
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionTrump’s allies threaten rights globally – US impeachment won’t change thatThe ultra-conservative networks that supported Trump are playing long games with global ambitions. Their threat to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe GameStop frenzy shows why we can’t let casino capitalism drive the COVID recoveryIt’s time to call the speculation that powered the GameStop surge what it really is: socially useless gambling that...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: FeatureThe Nazi Satanists promoting extreme violence and terrorismThere are fears that racist occultist groups, such as the Order of Nine Angles, are moving from online recruiting to...
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Published in: Home: OpinionTrump’s election didn’t cause the GameStop surge. They are symptoms of the same problemBoth Trump voters and Redditors saw a chance to fight back against a system they believe is rigged against them.
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Published in: Home: OpinionGodfrey Hodgson: a legendary author who predicted America’s unravellingHodgson, who died aged 86, provided a stellar canon of articles for openDemocracy that unveil the path to Trumpism.
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan, North Korea – and Tunisia: a security briefing for Joe BidenBiden’s first executive orders have done a lot, but he can’t order away all Trump’s cack-handed legacy – or silence...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe age of Trump is over. Now the US must tackle its polarisationIn the past 20 years, hostility – fomented in a dislike and distrust of different groups – has dramatically...
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