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  Published in: Women's Entrepreneurial Journeys

  Nigeria’s female mechanics show how young African women can be empowered

  Published on: 6 August 2020

  Written by: Ogechi Adeola All articles by Ogechi Adeola

  Providing a bright future for young women in a male-dominated engineering sector requires a transformational effort....

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  Undermining public law is no way to protect public health

  Published on: 6 August 2020

  Written by: David Rowland All articles by David Rowland

  Safeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...

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  Published in: Countering the Radical Right

  The other epidemic: white supremacists in law enforcement

  Published on: 6 August 2020

  Written by: Simon Purdue All articles by Simon Purdue

  Law enforcement agencies have been breeding grounds for far-right ideology for decades, and it’s not just an...

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  Published in: Home

  People's Choice winner: 'What's my vision for the world after coronavirus?'

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Bolu Adewumi All articles by Bolu Adewumi

  COVID-19 puts us at a crossroads; a downward spiral on one path, a chance at a better future on the other. Bolu...

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  Published in: 50.50

  Apply for a 2020 US investigative journalism fellowship

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Teddy Wilson All articles by Teddy Wilson

  Join our Tracking the Backlash project for six months and sharpen your investigative journalism skills. Deadline: 21...

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  Published in: Home

  Competition runner-up: 'Envisioning the Invisible'

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Keri Hui All articles by Keri Hui

  To build a new normal we must strive for the things that bring us together. Keri Hui's essay is a runner-up in the...

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Regulators must crack down on big tech’s anti-repair practices

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Janet Gunter All articles by Janet Gunter

  Tech giants are using their dominant positions to shorten the lives of electronic goods. This is bad for consumers...

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  Published in: ourEconomy

  Podcast: US election special #3 – the housing crisis (part 1)

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Aaron White All articles by Aaron White

  Written by: Freddie Stuart All articles by Freddie Stuart

  In the third installment of our podcast series on the US election, we explore the history of discrimination and...

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  The defeat of the 'real' neo-Ottomanists

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Karabekir Akkoyunlu All articles by Karabekir Akkoyunlu

  It was difficult to miss the irony of commentaries on the “triumph of neo-Ottomanism” on 24 July, when Erdoğan was...

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  Published in: Home: Opinion

  To solve the climate crisis, we need more democracy, not less

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Roman Krznaric All articles by Roman Krznaric

  Do we need benign dictators to deal with the climate crisis? A new index of intergenerational solidarity provides the answer

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  The spirit of the Commune

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Chris Myant All articles by Chris Myant

  “When it is proposed to protect members of the public from those monuments… all Presidential hell breaks loose.”

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  Published in: North Africa, West Asia

  Palestinians refuse to stop thinking forward

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Sam Bahour All articles by Sam Bahour

  Everything starts with the Palestinian people and all options are now open in this decade of clarity and renewal.

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  Published in: Pandemic Borders

  Can the COVID-19 crisis be an opportunity for Canada’s migrant farmworkers?

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Anna Triandafyllidou All articles by Anna Triandafyllidou

  Written by: Lucia Nalbandian All articles by Lucia Nalbandian

  The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access...

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  Published in: Home

  What it’s like in 'the dark places': Toni Morrison, Black feminism and democracy today

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Suparna Banerjee All articles by Suparna Banerjee

  Let us mark the first anniversary of Toni Morrison’s death by recognising her relevance to the world outside the US.

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  Published in: Transformation

  It’s time to put an end to supremacy language in international development

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Written by: Ann Hendrix-Jenkins All articles by Ann Hendrix-Jenkins

  The words we use in NGOs and aid agencies draw imaginary lines between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ stifling our imagination.

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  Brexit – a perspective from the Global South

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Written by: Promise Ejiofor All articles by Promise Ejiofor

  “Brexit means ‘opportunity’ for many in the Global South – particularly, African polities – and I shall explain why.”

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  Published in: Can Europe Make It?

  Covid-19 and the perception of freedom

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Written by: Simone Redaelli All articles by Simone Redaelli

  Criticisms of the “Chinese solution” adopted by Italy have come from both sides, national and international.

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  Published in: Home

  Visions of a World After COVID-19: Winners

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Out of nearly 1000 entries, from around the world there could be only one winner in openDemocracy and UCL's COVID-19...

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  Published in: openIndia

  One Indian province proves the efficacy of decentralised governance in Covid-management

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Written by: Pradeep Baisakh All articles by Pradeep Baisakh

  All these examples have dispelled the scepticism that people of a ‘low educational level’ cannot be good managers...

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  Published in: Home

  Why would Russia want to interfere in British politics?

  Published on: 4 August 2020

  Written by: Misha Glenny All articles by Misha Glenny

  Russia’s foreign policy seems based on nihilism, said Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. But Vladimir...