Analysis: Vaccine Passports Aren’t Just Unfair, They Don’t Work
James Meadway
With vaccines only halving transmission, Boris Johnson risks incentivising superspreader events where variants flourish, argues James Meadway.
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Opinion: The Right Are Panicking About Anti-Racism – As Well They Should Be
David Wearing
Across the West, the right is cracking down on anti-racism. Why? Because if a genuine, substantive anti-racist politics went truly mainstream, it'd be the end of conservatism as we know it, argues David Wearing.
Report: A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started
Rivkah Brown
In a historic victory for renters everywhere, Somerford Grove Renters successfully sued their lawyered-up landlord and are now preparing dozens more suits. If successful, they stand to win half a million pounds. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Trans Athletes Competing in the Olympics Is Progress. But It’s Not Enough
Jessy Parker Humphreys
This year's Olympics will feature the first-ever out trans competitors. But that doesn't mean it isn't continuing to exclude athletes based on their gender.
Analysis: Generation Left Might Not Be That Left After All
James Meadway
The left is wrong to take young people’s support for granted, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: We’re Burnt Out – and Unless We Demand a New Normal, We Will Be Forever
Sophie K Rosa
Returning to the neoliberal status quo while processing the trauma of an ongoing pandemic is burning us out, writes Sophie K Rosa. We must imagine a new ‘normal’ - one that allows us room to heal.
Opinion: Housing Security Transformed My Mental Health
Aaron Bastani
We can’t solve the mental health crisis until we solve the housing crisis, writes Aaron Bastani.
Analysis: Has the Pandemic Shifted Britain Left?
Ell Folan
As we emerge from the pandemic, even the FT is claiming the left has won the argument. Have we really?
Opinion: I Can No Longer Bury My Head in the Sand About Climate Change
Moya Lothian-McLean
Many of us have been too scared – or too shielded – to open our eyes to the reality of climate change, writes Moya Lothian-Mclean. But with the UK now also experiencing its impact, we no longer have a choice.
Analysis: What’s Actually Going on in Cuba?
Helen Yaffe
The recent protests in Cuba have been framed by the international media as a sign of a regime in crisis. The social media war on the country, the impact of US sanctions and the mobilisation of thousands of Cubans in support of their government, however, are being deliberately downplayed, writes Helen Yaffe from Havana.
Opinion: ‘Freedom Day’ Won’t Set Us Free
Keir Milburn
If we are to solve major global issues like the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, we must abandon the Tories’ individualistic version of freedom for a model that prioritises the collective, writes Keir Milburn.
Opinion: England Is in the Midst of an African Renaissance – but It’s Still Racist As Hell
Kojo Koram
As impressive as England’s current African cultural renaissance is, the goal must ultimately be to create a world free of the painful legacies that produced it, writes Kojo Koram in Contesting Culture, a new series asking who really owns British culture.
Opinion: The 7/7 Bombings Changed UK Terror Policy Forever
Azfar Shafi
From expanding the definition of terrorism to the inception of Prevent, the 7/7 bombings provoked changes that have progressively suffocated social and political life in Britain, writes Azfar Shafi.
Opinion: Labour’s ‘Buy British’ Policy Could Be the Start of a Bold, New Economic Approach
Nick Dearden
Labour's 'Buy British' policy could be a reactionary gimmick; it could also contain the first glimpse of a new economic approach, which sees communities empowered to build wealth from the bottom-up, writes Nick Dearden.
Opinion: England’s Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It’s Time the Left Caught Up
Chardine Taylor-Stone
The left can't let its anxieties about nationalism stop it from joining, and shaping, the conversation around football, writes Chardine Taylor-Stone.
Report: Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed
Sophie K Rosa
A new report reveals how the coalition government pressured jobcentre staff to bully the unemployed out of claiming benefits. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Wannabe-Bond Villain Billionaires Are Launching Us Into a New Era of Cosmic Colonialism
Joe Duffy
We need to stop billionaires from privatising and monopolising space. And even more urgently, we need to dismantle the economic system that has put them on the precipice of doing so, writes Joe Duffy.
Opinion: Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
Andrew Fisher
Boris Johnson seems to think that cutting the £20 uplift to universal credit will enable him to create high-paid jobs, writes Andrew Fisher. He's living, as Adam Curtis would say, in a dream world.