Opinion: UK-Based Trans Writers Are Cutting Through the Noise
McKenzie Wark
This may be ‘terf island’, but UK-based trans writers are making a huge contribution to Anglophone trans culture, writes McKenzie Wark.
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Report: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps
Polly Smythe
St Mungo’s CEO Emma Haddad had a ‘meltdown’ and told union reps that talk of stronger financial governance was ‘absolute crap’.
Report: Turning Point UK Questions Inanimate Object After Bloodshed at Demonstration
Simon Childs
After an antifascist activist was beaten and bloodied while protesting a Turning Point UK rally, the rightwing group asked the 'burning' question: ‘why did they have a red pen in their pocket?’
Analysis: Polls Show Even Tories Hate Landlords
Ell Folan
Four in 10 Tory voters say ALAB, writes Ell Folan, while 71% of the country thinks landlords who commit housing offences should be jailed.
Feature: The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects
Niko Vorobyov
Last April, Afghanistan’s new government announced a ban on poppy cultivation. With the country supplying 86% of the world’s opium, it's likely to push addicts towards stronger and more dangerous highs. Niko Vorobyov reports.
Feature: The Hidden Racism That Turned a Nazi Concentration Camp Into a Detention Centre for Muslims
Arun Kundnani
In 1943, Arun Kundnani’s grandfather was detained in a Nazi concentration camp. Today, the site is divided between a memorial and a detention centre where Muslims are mentally tortured.
Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees
Nicholas Beuret
Along England’s coast, people are being forced to move because of climate breakdown.
Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis
Charlie Hertzog Young
Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.
Report: Striking Workers Say Homeless Charity Has Lost Its Way
Polly Smythe
Workers at St Mungo’s have announced an indefinite strike over pay, and have spoken out against burn-out, spiraling executive pay, and dodgy deals with the home office. Polly Smythe reports.
Feature: Parents Are Having to Steal Formula Milk. Make It Free Again
Sarah Woolley
National Milk fed 85% of British babies in 1974. As £19 formula pushes parents to desperation, why aren’t we bringing it back? Sarah Woolley reports.
Report: Barbican Forced to Apologise for Silencing Palestinians
Rivkah Brown
BREAKING: The Barbican cultural centre has apologised after one of its staffers advised a Palestinian speaker to avoid talking at length about Palestine – an intervention it has since described as “unacceptable”. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Panama’s Workers Forced the Government to Negotiate Live on TV. What Was the Point?
Octavio García Soto
Last year, workers in the world’s sixth most unequal country dragged the state to the negotiating table - and won caps on fuel and food prices. Now, many are accusing the state of brazenly abandoning its promises. Octavio García Soto reports.
Opinion: 100 Children Were Trapped on a Sinking Ship and the Greek Coastguard Did Nothing for Hours. As a Firefighter, I’m Disgusted
Brendan Woodhouse
When on Monday a migrant boat began to sink in the Ionian Sea, the Greek coastguard did nothing – in fact, there's evidence they may have caused the deadly shipwreck. They’re a stain on rescue services, writes firefighter Brendan Woodhouse.
Opinion: Humza Yousaf is Playing a Dangerous Game
Jonathon Shafi
In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest, Humza Yousaf has told his MSPs to stand by the former leader or quit the SNP. It could be a grave mistake, writes Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Banning Puberty Blockers Won’t Stop Young People Taking Them
Vic Parsons
NHS England’s plan to stop providing puberty blockers to trans teenagers will only force people to get them via illicit means, argues Vic Parsons.
Opinion: Centrist Influencers Are Dying Out
Aaron Bastani
The left has ideas and material conditions on its side. The right has money. The centre, meanwhile, has no plan for reproducing itself, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Harry V the Press? More Like the Establishment V the Rest of Us
Justin Schlosberg
Prince Harry’s testimony in the phone-hacking trial suggests a rift has opened up between the second and fourth estates. That couldn't be further from the truth, writes Justin Schlosberg.
Obituary: Berlusconi Didn’t Pave the Way for Italian Fascism – Liberal Technocrats Did
Matteo Tiratelli
Far more dangerous than the tangerine tyrant was Italian liberals' response to him, writes Matteo Tiratelli.