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Opinion: Liberals Are Obsessed With Dominic Cummings Because It Lets Them Pretend Everything Else is OK

Aaron Bastani

In a world set to be increasingly defined by climate change, inequality, technological innovation and a crisis of elderly care, perceiving political outcomes as the result of bad people making bad decisions is an easy way out, argues Aaron Bastani.

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK is rushing to return asylum seekers to the EU before Brexit makes it harder to do so. Data obtained by Novara Media shows the UK made up to 154% more transfer requests to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Denmark this year, an uptick lawyers say has resulted in a catalogue of harmful and unlawful failings. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

Ilyas Nadgee

From William Shawcross to David Goodhart, the recently-appointed EHRC commissioner who believes Tory Islamophobia is a paranoid smear, the government is stuffing our democratic institutions with dangerous ideologues. The left must forcefully resist this worrying trend, writes Ilyas Nadgee.

Report: The Government Has Abandoned Carers During Covid-19. Now It’s Being Taken to Court

Francesca Newton

With carers across the UK receiving little to no support from the government, despite the extra challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, Francesca Newton reports on how some are fighting back in court.

Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism

Arun Kundnani

Conservatives often frame demographic change as western cultures 'committing suicide'. The left must challenge this, writes Arun Kundnani, because as individuals and as peoples, we can only grow through our encounters with others; in pursuing a purification of the west, conservatives foster the very cultural death they claim to fear.

Rightwingers have spent years arguing that the cost of climate action puts an unfair burden of debt on future generations. In the third piece of a series on climate breakdown and alienation, Adrienne Buller argues we need to rethink how we understand intergenerational responsibility.

Opinion: In Suspending Jeremy Corbyn, Did the Labour Leadership Ignore the EHRC’s Key Recommendation?

Aaron Bastani

Within minutes of accepting the findings of a report into antisemitism in Labour, the party had bypassed the usual system to suspend Jeremy Corbyn via the general secretary, in a move Aaron Bastani argues could amount to 'political interference' in the complaints process.

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Analysis: The Covid-19 Vaccine Won’t Work If Everything Else Stays the Same

James Meadway

From massive investment in health infrastructure to immediate action against climate breakdown, there’s a great deal the still to do if this medical breakthrough is to fulfil its potential, writes James Meadway.

Report: Policing of UK BLM Protests Was Institutionally Racist, New Report Finds

Sophie K Rosa

The policing of this summer’s UK Black Lives Matter protests was institutionally racist, according to a report released today by police monitoring coalition Netpol. Sophie K Rosa takes a closer look at its findings.

Long Read: America is a Gerontocracy – and Until That Changes, Its Problems Will Only Get Worse

Aaron Bastani

There’s an inarguable trend in US politics: leaders and legislators are getting older. But far from a marginal concern limited to a single nation, the consequences of rule by the elderly are potentially catastrophic, argues Aaron Bastani.

Opinion: Test, Track and Trace is a Disaster. Public Health Must Be in Public Hands

Miriam Brett

As the country weathers its second lockdown equipped with an ineffective, outsourced test, track and trace system, Miriam Brett argues that the government must urgently rethink its public health strategy.

Opinion: Democrats Must Stop Attacking Socialism. Their Days Are Numbered Without It

Micah Uetricht

While establishment Democrats have, unsurprisingly, taken to blaming the left for the party's electoral failings, Micah Uetricht argues that socialist and progressive politics aren't the problem, but the solution.

Crowds holding Biden-Harris placards celebrate the announcement of their victory in the US election

Analysis: Here’s How the Left Builds on Biden’s Victory

Max Berger

Amidst the rubble of the Trump era, the American left has a historic opportunity to redefine what’s politically possible. The neoliberal establishment governs, but does not convince. The left must step into the void of leadership, and translate the popularity of our ideas into power.

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Opinion: Of Course the Right Fears Demographic Change – It’s Going to Deliver a Progressive Majority

Ash Sarkar

The ruling coalition of white property owners is ageing out of the electorate. A progressive majority, made up of young tenants and communities of colour, is set to replace it.

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Report: Psychiatrists Are Covering for Cruelty in Prisons. A Group of Campaigners Wants to Stop Them

Sophie K Rosa

Since 2015, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has offered prisons with extreme isolation units "Enabling Environment" status. In an open letter to the RCP, prison campaigners say the only thing the college is enabling is abuse. Sophie Hemery reports.

Opinion: All Eyes Are on the White House, But a Republican Senate Would Define a Biden Presidency

Freddie Stuart

With the Democrats' hopes of reclaiming the Senate hanging by a thread, Freddie Stuart considers the consequences of a divided government.

Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

Francesca Newton

As a result of the government's repeated and false insistence that there would be no extension to furlough, thousands of people across the UK have lost their jobs unnecessarily. Francesca Newton reports.

Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing

Polly Bindman

Cleaners at the University of London have won staff contracts after nearly a decade of struggle, in a major victory against outsourcing that could help other workers fight for their rights. Polly Bindman reports.

Opinion: Liberals Are Obsessed With Dominic Cummings Because It Lets Them Pretend Everything Else is OK

Aaron Bastani

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

Ilyas Nadgee

Report: The Government Has Abandoned Carers During Covid-19. Now It’s Being Taken to Court

Francesca Newton

Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism

Arun Kundnani

Opinion: What Do We Owe?

Adrienne Buller

Opinion: In Suspending Jeremy Corbyn, Did the Labour Leadership Ignore the EHRC’s Key Recommendation?

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: The Covid-19 Vaccine Won’t Work If Everything Else Stays the Same

James Meadway

Report: Policing of UK BLM Protests Was Institutionally Racist, New Report Finds

Sophie K Rosa

Long Read: America is a Gerontocracy – and Until That Changes, Its Problems Will Only Get Worse

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Test, Track and Trace is a Disaster. Public Health Must Be in Public Hands

Miriam Brett

Opinion: Democrats Must Stop Attacking Socialism. Their Days Are Numbered Without It

Micah Uetricht

Analysis: Here’s How the Left Builds on Biden’s Victory

Max Berger

Opinion: Of Course the Right Fears Demographic Change – It’s Going to Deliver a Progressive Majority

Ash Sarkar

Report: Psychiatrists Are Covering for Cruelty in Prisons. A Group of Campaigners Wants to Stop Them

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: All Eyes Are on the White House, But a Republican Senate Would Define a Biden Presidency

Freddie Stuart

Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

Francesca Newton

Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing

Polly Bindman

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Opinion: Liberals Are Obsessed With Dominic Cummings Because It Lets Them Pretend Everything Else is OK

Aaron Bastani

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

Ilyas Nadgee

Report: The Government Has Abandoned Carers During Covid-19. Now It’s Being Taken to Court

Francesca Newton

Long Read: The West is Dying – of Narcissism

Arun Kundnani

Opinion: What Do We Owe?

Adrienne Buller

Opinion: In Suspending Jeremy Corbyn, Did the Labour Leadership Ignore the EHRC’s Key Recommendation?

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: The Covid-19 Vaccine Won’t Work If Everything Else Stays the Same

James Meadway

Report: Policing of UK BLM Protests Was Institutionally Racist, New Report Finds

Sophie K Rosa

Long Read: America is a Gerontocracy – and Until That Changes, Its Problems Will Only Get Worse

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Test, Track and Trace is a Disaster. Public Health Must Be in Public Hands

Miriam Brett

Opinion: Democrats Must Stop Attacking Socialism. Their Days Are Numbered Without It

Micah Uetricht

Analysis: Here’s How the Left Builds on Biden’s Victory

Max Berger

Opinion: Of Course the Right Fears Demographic Change – It’s Going to Deliver a Progressive Majority

Ash Sarkar

Report: Psychiatrists Are Covering for Cruelty in Prisons. A Group of Campaigners Wants to Stop Them

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: All Eyes Are on the White House, But a Republican Senate Would Define a Biden Presidency

Freddie Stuart

Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies

Francesca Newton

Report: ‘Hasta La Victoria!’ University of London Cleaners Win Ten-Year Battle Against Outsourcing

Polly Bindman

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