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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy are a third of UK COVID-19 patients ethnic minority?
People of colour are being hit disproportionately by this crisis. Why?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy we need an income guarantee for all
A consensus is emerging around the idea that everyone should have access to a guaranteed income to get through this crisis.
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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: 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: 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...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe need to ramp up global public spending to fight COVID-19
The pandemic has shown us that global solidarity is not a nice idea – it is a necessity.
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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: 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: 50.50Isolated in a toxic relationship
#HumansofCOVID19: I am in lockdown with my husband who drinks and shouts and breaks things. We live on social...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersAt times of a pandemic: transnational solidarity not national borders
At the time of Covid-19 global pandemic, citizenship and national borders should not become defining elements of our...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDisposable lives: how the plight of immigration detainees is highlighted during COVID-19
The UK government’s continued use of immigration detention lacks moral and legal justification. But it comes as no surprise.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPandenomics: a story of life versus growth
The clash between business-as-usual economics and the pandemic shows what we really need from our economy.
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Published in: HomeWe need to develop our empathy muscles in these troubled times
" I have lived with my partner for over forty years and as a psychotherapist I am embarrassed to say that my empathy...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The applause for society’s vital workforce rings hollow. Give them a raise instead
They deserve support in their fight for living wages and working conditions.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?France’s Far West: don’t let you take my kindness for weakness
“ The right does not intend that the ‘after Covid’ should correct the mistakes of the ‘before’.”
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionQuarantine in Venezuela: the war against society by other means
The response of the Chavista state to Covid-19 goes no further than repeating its authoritarian patterns of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Angela Merkel urged to put European solidarity over German interests
500+ lawmakers and academics call for entire eurozone to share the cost of the pandemic with the use of euro bonds.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?COVID’s borders: between peer-to-peer surveillance and the “common good"
The vocabulary of war contributes to concealing the differential impact of COVID, which has just found its first...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Authoritarianism masking incompetence? The case of the Republic of Cyprus
Authoritarianism, left unchecked to shape the public discourse, can self-propel and legitimise itself, diverting the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow is Venezuela when COVID-19 is about to hit hard?
Amid political deadlock and ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis, and facing an increased hassle from the...