Seizing the unexpected opportunities of Covid-19
The pandemic provides a chance to re-evaluate and re-imagine our collective future.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAfter the pandemic: a ten-point plan for the collective provision of basic needs
The coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow my north Texas students taught me ‘we’re all in the same boat’ is a lie
Asking big questions and learning from our different experiences are the first steps to a better world beyond coronavirus.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19: Canada locks its gates to asylum seekers
For asylum seekers, the route to a safe home is being all but eliminated.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionSocial security needs a massive boost to help people through this crisis
A million more thrown into the benefit system. 14 million in the UK already poverty before coronavirus struck. It’s...
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Published in: HomeGenocide is not an Essential Service
"We are doing this to save humanity…. If we destroy the Earth, the Earth will recover; … we won’t. The Earth doesn’t...
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Published in: 50.50Millions may struggle to access contraception and abortion amidst COVID-19
Travel restrictions and border closures are causing clinic closures and shortages of contraceptives and HIV...