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Published in: openDemocracyUKQuiz: Who are the winners in the coronavirus goldrush?
Global recession may be causing hardship for millions, but some well-connected firms are still winning in the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMy name is Winnie, I survived Lebanon’s kafala system
With Lebanon’s economic crisis deteriorating, the already dire situation of migrant domestic workers is getting even harder.
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionI gave birth during coronavirus as an asylum seeker
The doctors were good to me but my circumstances caused problems during the birth and beyond. I came to the UK for...
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Published in: openJusticeFighting for birthing mothers during the coronavirus crisis (video)
A UK charity gave us their insights on how birthing mothers have been impacted by the coronavirus crisis and how...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationConfusion and blame as COVID-struck sandwich factory calls workers back in
Union says situation is “crazy" as workers report "just four or five days into their self-isolation period... they...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHypocrite Russia promotes childbirth but won't protect pregnant women
The Orthodox Church and conservative officials promote motherhood – but turn a blind eye to women’s rights being...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionCoronavirus could dethrone the neoliberalism that’s made the UK a basket case
Why has the Conservative government failed so badly with COVID-19? One reason is a neoliberal ideology that can’t...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhy the election of the presidency of the IDB should be postponed
The best alternative for the Americas now is to postpone the election of the President of the...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow tax havens like the Netherlands are draining developing countries of precious public funds
The small nation is depriving other countries of €22 billion a year.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor Iraqis, the choice is between pandemic or poverty
In the streets of Baghdad, Iraqis battle a corrupt political class, war, poverty, and now a pandemic that has...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?As courts re-open, Britain’s renters must confront the power of landlords
“Alas, many middle class people are now invested in this relationship of domination.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s love affair with fossil fuels
A return to the old ‘normal’ will only lead us further along the path to the next looming catastrophe – that of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationGovernment accused of new ‘U-turn’ on local COVID contact tracing
Exclusive: None of Serco or Sitel's contact tracing staff will be deployed locally, government admits – as councils...
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Published in: 50.50Meet Alabama’s feminist doctor protecting women giving birth under COVID-19
Their rights are being sidelined during the pandemic. But at Jesanna Cooper’s hospital, she’s fighting to always put...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersHow COVID-19 is redefining “working remotely” for Canada’s high-skilled foreign workers
For those who had a job offer and seemingly a bright future in Canada, travel has been halted until further notice....
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationSerco and Sitel to get more public money despite track-and-trace fiasco
A third of the workforce are to lose their jobs and fewer than half of contacts reached, but outsourcing giants will...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFinancialised care is crumbling. How can workers shape what comes next?
By building power in the workplace, trade unions could be the crucial agent in de-financialising care and the...
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Published in: 50.50Higher risks, little support: Giving birth while Black and Asian in COVID-19 England
Women of colour are at higher risk of dying in childbirth and because of coronavirus. But the NHS has been slow to respond.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPan American Health Organization in intensive care
Will the continent's highest health authority suspend its operations? Or will it be forced to reduce them...
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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.