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Report: Central Asia Will Be Collateral Damage in the Ukraine Crisis

Volodya Vagner

With the Russian economy tanking, post-Soviet republics - and the Central Asian migrant workers who sustain them - are in deep trouble. Volodya Vagner reports from Kyrgyzstan.

Analysis: Sinn Féin is Winning at Post-Brexit Politics

Daniel Finn

Sinn Féin now occupies pole position in Northern Irish politics. Daniel Finn explains how we got here.

A new Pro-Choice mural is seen by a graffiti artist collective called 'Subset' ahead of a 25th May referendum on abortion law, in Dublin, Britain May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Report: Abortion is a Crime in the UK

Sophie K Rosa

With America’s Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v Wade, Sophie K Rosa reports on the women facing trial for abortion – in the UK.

A commuter walks past a face covering sign outside King's Cross St Pancras Underground Station. Coronavirus restrictions have been reintroduced in the UK, with mandatory face masks in shops and on public transport, to help stop the spread of the new Omicron variant. People who refuse to wear masks face a fine of £200. (Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Opinion: Britain Has Ditched Masks and Disabled People Along With Them

Sophie Buck

The end of mask mandates came not a moment too soon for many in Britain. This speaks volumes about our attitude towards society’s most vulnerable, writes Sophie Buck.

Opinion: Keir Starmer is Getting a Taste of His Own Cop Medicine

Moya Lothian-McLean

'Beergate' is what happens when you preach a politics of punishment, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Image shows a black man wearing a black hat wearing a blue hoodie passing June election campaign posters bearing Jean-Luc Mélenchon's face. The posters read 'Melenchon prime minister'.

Analysis: Ahead of June’s Elections, a Revived French Left is Uniting

Ell Folan

France’s election was contested by two rightwingers. But a new coalition suggests a radical left is rising once more.

Analysis: Why Do We Still Fetishise Homeownership?

Aidan Beatty

Millions of young Britons will never own their own homes. So why do we still want to? Aidan Beatty explains.

International: Spain’s Democracy is Being Undermined by Deep State Actors

Eoghan Gilmartin

The news that Spain’s prime minister had his phone hacked by Pegasus spyware last year is just the latest in a scandal that has laid bare the democratic deficiencies of the country’s post-Franco constitutional regime, argues Eoghan Gilmartin.

Opinion: Cis or Trans, Our Bodily Autonomy is Under Attack

Tiffany Berruti

From the overturning of Roe v Wade to attacks on gender affirming care, both cis and trans people face barriers to basic healthcare. It’s time we recognised our shared struggle, writes Tiffany Berruti.

Henry Chango Lopez, general secretary of the, Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, holds a metaphone. In front of him a sign that reads: LSHTM: End Structural Racism.

Report: A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence

Polly Smythe

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is embroiled in another race scandal. Polly Smythe reports.

Opinion: Does It Even Matter How Labour Does in the Local Elections?

Michael Chessum

As canvassers make their final rounds before polling day, Michael Chessum asks whether trying to get ‘our people’ elected to local government is really a good use of our time.

Russian army take part in a rehearsal of military parade on April 18, 2022 on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in preparation for the May 9 parade. About 11 thousand military personnel, 131 units of modern weapons and military equipment, 77 aircraft and helicopters are involved. Russia is hurling its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and pouring more troops into the war, seeking to slice the country in two in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories.

Feature: How Putin Bribed Russia’s Peasant Army Into a War They Don’t Want

Liza Smirnova & Alexey Sakhnin

Three-quarters of Russians are city-dwellers. Yet the army today looks almost the same as it did under the tsars, write Alexey Sakhnin and Liza Smirnova: peasants in overcoats.

Image shows a Paris street. A Muslim woman wearing headscarf, a black top and blue jeans walks with her back to the camera on the sidewalk as she crosses a parking lot exit.

Report: French Muslims Overwhelmingly Backed Mélenchon. Will the Left Take Note?

Hanna Bechiche

After five years of persecution on Emmanuel Macron's watch, Muslim voters want an alternative, writes Hanna Bechiche. Will the French left learn lessons from the election and bake anti-racism into its agenda?

An image of the top of The Shard, London.

Opinion: London Landlords Have Ushered in a New Era of Feudalism

Sam Bright

There’s not a North/South divide; there’s a London/Everywhere divide, and the capital’s landlords are at the heart of the problem, argues Sam Bright.

Image of a green Job Centre Plus sign in England with white and yellow writing against a red brick wall.

Opinion: Why Suspicion of Benefits ‘Scroungers’ Could Be About to Reach New Heights

Jim Kaufman & Jamie Redman

As an economic crisis and labour shortage bite, Jamie Redman and Jim Kaufman outline how the UK benefits system is getting more punitive by the day.

Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Just Be Like Blair?

Oliver Eagleton

Try as he might, Keir Starmer will always fail to recapture the essence of Blairism. Oliver Eagleton explains why.

Analysis: Student Loans Are Now Even More of a Scam

Aaron Bastani

The student loan system is changing again. What do the prospective reforms mean? And will they undermine the economic value of going to university? Aaron Bastani takes a look.

Opinion: Musk Buying Twitter Would Be the Defining Deal of Our Era

Aaron Bastani

Elon Musk buying Twitter, even more than Jeff Bezos flying into space, would perhaps be the greatest statement of plutocratic intent in history, argues Aaron Bastani.

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