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Published in: ourEconomy: Investigation"They left us starving": How the fashion industry abandoned its workers
Fashion brands must end exploitation in supply chains and offer fair salaries and working conditions, say industry experts.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy 2021 is humanity’s make-or-break moment on climate breakdown
COVID-19 and climate change are two sides of the same coin. To overcome both we must confront their root cause: an...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersReturning ‘heroes’: Filipino migrant workers met with a devastated economy
COVID-19 has exposed deep-seated cracks in the Philippines’ export-based and remittance-dependent economy.
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAllow married women in Japan to keep their surnames
The single-surname rule is a legacy of a traditional patriarchal family system. Calls for change are growing –...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Under Biden, the US will push for a ‘EU-goslavia’
Biden must work within the parameters of this new reality – not the one that existed in the 1990s when Biden formed...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIllegal Chinese fishing in the Galapagos: a threat to the biodiversity of the Latin American Pacific
The growing illegal activity of Chinese fishing vessels in Latin American waters has triggered the search for new...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionA period of hope for Latin America begins with Biden & Harris
For the U.S., the Latin American agenda is not a priority. Still, Biden’s arrival at the White House signifies a...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersJapan’s migrants are not allowed to go ‘home’
In Japan, COVID-19 shifted the meaning of ‘home’ overnight with devastating effects on the transnational lives of migrants.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK universities’ dangerous reliance on China is being driven by marketisation
Institutions are being forced to risk academic freedom under current funding model.
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Published in: ourEconomyIf Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?
Beneath its Green Deal rhetoric, the European Commission won’t jeopardize trade interests to tackle deforestation.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationAmérica Crece: Cooperation for development or geopolitical competition?
Comparatively little-known but gaining momentum, the North American initiative for Latin America "América Crece"...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTikTok, Trump and the need for a digital non-aligned movement
As we enter a new digital cold war, it's time for a new non-aligned movement to operate as a buffer between the U.S....
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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: 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: Home: OpinionUS and China are both raising the military stakes in the South China Sea
Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion.
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Published in: HomeIf Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose?
He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea...
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Published in: 50.50The Chinese government must let us cry for our dead
My social media posts have been censored many times, especially when I said that “we don’t have the right to cry...
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Published in: HomeState repression in the Philippines during COVID-19 and beyond
If draconian measures such as the Philippines’ Republic Act No 11479 are left unchallenged and unchecked, who will...
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Published in: Home: OpinionK-pop fans: you torpedoed Trump in Tulsa, don’t stop now
K-pop fans showed how impactful they can be when they upstaged Trump. They now need to turn their attention to the...