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Published in:ourEconomySix charts that reveal America’s deep dividesThe US election is the most divisive in decades. But the fractures running through US society long predate COVID-19.
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Published in:ourEconomy: Investigation“They left us starving”: How the fashion industry abandoned its workersFashion brands must end exploitation in supply chains and offer fair salaries and working conditions, say industry experts.
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Published in:ourEconomyGreen growth vs degrowth: are we missing the point?It’s time to stop talking past each other and unite against the real enemies of environmental justice.
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionWhy the G20’s failure on debt cancellation is bad news for womenWorld leaders have put wealthy creditor interests before debt justice, further jeopardising women’s rights.
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Published in:ourEconomyThis election can’t contain the rage of young AmericansIn the most important election in my lifetime, who speaks for my generation?
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionThe gas trap: how Europe is investing €100bn in fossil fuel infrastructureContrary to the goals of European Green Deal, such investments risk gas lock-in or ending up as stranded assets.
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureHow Uganda’s ecofeminists are fighting back against oil-industry land grabsAs the world celebrates International Women's Day, we shine a light on the women being displaced by oil-extractive business
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionLabour must learn to adapt to a world of Tory state activismThe dividing line is no longer austerity versus anti-austerity, but a struggle over who should benefit from the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisRishi Sunak said he’d protect the vulnerable. So why is he making them pay?The chancellor is fuelling a two-tier recovery, where the winners from the pandemic prosper at the expense of everyone else
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOVID-19 has made the super-rich richer. It’s time for a billionaire wealth taxThe US’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe failed state: Texas’s power crisis is the result of decades of free market policiesLast week’s disaster reveals just how far Republican leadership has pillaged the state for its own gain
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThis obscure energy treaty is the greatest threat to the planet you’ve never heard ofThe Energy Charter Treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRemembering W.E.B. Du Bois: a giant in the struggle for Black freedom in the USAs America faces a period of renewed racial and political polarization, Du Bois’s vision for building a multi-racial...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAnother ‘Roaring Twenties’? Only if the rich pay their fair shareGovernments must take urgent action to tackle the twin problems of runaway debts and soaring inequality, before they...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureSix ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justiceThe impeachment trial may have failed, but the former president has multiple legal battles ahead of him
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow Joe Biden can turbocharge the US’s green transformationThe new president has put climate action at the top of his agenda. But with a few tweaks to existing institutions he...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe GameStop frenzy shows why we can’t let casino capitalism drive the COVID recoveryIt’s time to call the speculation that powered the GameStop surge what it really is: socially useless gambling that...
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Published in: ourEconomy‘They’ve thrown us under the bus’: how hospitality workers are being short-changedA decision to exclude tips from the UK’s furlough support scheme has exposed exploitative practices and leaves many...
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Published in: ourEconomyTo fix the US, President Biden must listen to those who put him in powerAn unprecedented grassroots mobilisation removed Donald Trump from the White House. The incoming president would be...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy we must overhaul the funding of social movementsTo adequately respond to the ongoing crisis of democracy, we must support care and protection strategies for activists.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRegional trade could help solve Africa’s economic woes, so what’s holding it back?A common market like the one in eastern and southern Africa can bring great benefits, but only if governments look...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRoosevelt’s ‘four freedoms’ weren't just an American ideaOn the anniversary of the wartime US President’s era-defining speech, the world must once again be rebuilt – but we...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe ecological limits of growthA new series exploring whether it is possible to live sustainably on our planet while continuing to prioritise...
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Published in: ourEconomyPodcast: How Democrats won Georgia – and what happens nowTravelling across Georgia, we saw a radically different way of doing politics. The violence in DC should not obscure...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe assault on the Capitol was shameful. But defending the status quo isn’t the answerInstead of taking sides in a civil war within the establishment, we should ask a simple question: how can we build a...
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Published in: ourEconomyPodcast: Andra Gillespie on Georgia’s Senate runoffsIn an extended conversation, the Atlanta based political scientist outlines why the traditionally Republican state...