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Chegou a hora de implementar a semana de trabalho de quatro dias

Experimento islandês confirma velhas suspeitas: horas de trabalho reduzidas melhoram nosso bem-estar e produtividade

By Jack Kellam

/ 17 Jan 2022

Refugees and racial hierarchies in Lebanon

How refugee protection policies in the country ignore the prevalent problem of racism

By Maja Janmyr

/ 17 Jan 2022

Refugees and racial hierarchies in Lebanon

How much has Bolsonaro changed Brazil’s role in the world?

The far-Right leader’s status as an international pariah masks some important points of continuity

By David Sogge

/ 16 Jan 2022

How much has Bolsonaro changed Brazil’s role in the world?

After two years of COVID, Johnson’s priority is still wealth over health

This week marks two years since the first mention of COVID in UK media. Looking back, the government's path was clear right from the start

By Paul Rogers

/ 15 Jan 2022

After two years of COVID, Johnson’s priority is still wealth over health

Como Bolsonaro mudou o papel do Brasil no mundo

O status do líder de extrema-direita como um pária internacional mascara alguns pontos importantes de continuidade

By David Sogge

/ 14 Jan 2022

Cartaz que diz 'Fora Bolsonaro e sua gangue' em inglês

Bolsonaro y el papel de Brasil en el mundo

La condición de paria internacional del líder de la extrema derecha oculta algunos puntos importantes de continuidad en la política brasileña

por David Sogge

/ 14 Jan 2022

Bolsonaro y el papel de Brasil en el mundo

Latinoamérica: panorama convulsionado para 2022

Con importantes elecciones en Colombia y Brasil, la variante hiper-contagiosa ómicron, migración continua y tensiones ambientales y sociales, 2022 será un año complicado

por democracia Abierta

/ 14 Jan 2022

Latinoamérica: panorama convulsionado para 2022

Rentier capitalism and class warfare in Kazakhstan

Blame ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for the country’s recent protests

By Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva

/ 14 Jan 2022

Rentier capitalism and class warfare in Kazakhstan

Arron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr shows how badly UK is failing press freedom

Why can journalists be violently abused online, yet ‘free speech’ doesn’t protect their reporting?

By Mary Fitzgerald

/ 13 Jan 2022

Arron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr shows how badly UK is failing press freedom

As a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police Bill

The bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders to decide whether to use draconian powers on peaceful protesters

By Richard Ecclestone

/ 13 Jan 2022

As a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police Bill

Violência armada volta à Colômbia – e o Estado continua ausente

O ano começou com sangue em Arauca, departamento que viveu guerra durante anos e continua abandonado pelo governo

By Juanita Rico

/ 13 Jan 2022

Trilhas de motocicleta na pradaria de Arauca, Colômbia

I survived abuse by a serving police officer, and I know where impunity leads

My stepfather used the closed-ranks culture of the Metropolitan Police as cover to terrorise our family. If that culture persists, more lives will be ruined.Note: includes references to domestic violence.

By Anon

/ 12 Jan 2022

I survived abuse by a serving police officer, and I know where impunity leads