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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPan American Health Organization in Intensive Care
¿Will the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the highest health authority in the continent, suspend its...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Dangerous thoughtlessness of a coronavirus political cartoon
A cartoon associating mask orders with the Holocaust bears the hallmarks of shallow ‘culture war’ thinking.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Responsibility of the Swedish left for Sweden’s Covid-19 tragedy
Why have the Swedish authorities not taken more vigorous steps to slow the spread of a virus that has taken such an...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe are doomed if, in the post-Covid-19 world, we cannot abandon non-essentials
Instead of growth and profit-seeking, a new economy needs concepts from Gandhi, Marx, the Zapatistas and the Kurdish...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationNeglected key workers - why is the NHS so slow at tackling racism?
Key workers have emerged as national heroes out of the Covid-19 pandemic, but these often low-paid workers from...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUndermining public law is no way to protect public health
Safeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...
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Published in: ourEconomyCreating the digital commons after COVID-19
The pandemic has accelerated the growth of the data economy and the digital giants who dominate it. It's time to...
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Published in: 50.50The people locked down and locked out in the cold during the pandemic
Millions are unable to survive the pandemic or the rules to contain it. Their stories make a compelling case for a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTuberculosis and malnutrition, the pandemic of Venezuelan prisons
Venezuelan inmates are affected by diseases that threaten their lives due to lack of medical care, overcrowding, and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe mustn’t let Silicon Valley thinking infect our NHS
Secretive COVID contracts show how big data firms are taking over our healthcare. What are they – and the British...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCan the COVID-19 crisis be an opportunity for Canada’s migrant farmworkers?
The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access...
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Published in: HomeWhat it’s like in 'the dark places': Toni Morrison, Black feminism and democracy today
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: Can Europe Make It?Covid-19 and the perception of freedom
Criticisms of the “Chinese solution” adopted by Italy have come from both sides, national and international.
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Published in: HomeVisions of a World After COVID-19: Winners
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: openIndiaOne Indian province proves the efficacy of decentralised governance in Covid-management
All these examples have dispelled the scepticism that people of a ‘low educational level’ cannot be good managers...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Whatever happened to Dunkirk spirit?
What is it? Can we learn from it, and could it "see us through coronavirus"?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Don't take music for granted – what I learnt from the Spanish singer Leiva
His music brings hope in times of Covid, but his message highlights the financial plight of this collapsing business.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why uncertainty requires a new politics
Governments haven’t found the magic formula for predicting the way people and diseases will interact with each other.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Tory-linked PR firm given £3m COVID-19 contract without tender
Topham Guerin was behind controversial Conservative stunts in the 2019 general election. Now the firm is negotiating...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIntellectual property must be transformed to put the public good before private profits
Patent enclosure by pharmaceutical giants results in many being denied life-saving treatments. It’s time for a new approach.