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Report: A Filipino Nurse Is Being Evicted for Having a Less “Durable Connection With the Area” Than Her Landlord’s Daughter

by Rivkah Brown

EXCLUSIVE: The care home nurse and her two sons are the latest victims of a state that recently declared itself racism-free.

Report: Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

by Sophie K Rosa

You’ve never heard of them, but asylum seekers have. Clearsprings is one of the many companies to which the government outsources asylum accommodation, and widely known to be the worst.

Protest following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard in London

Report: If We Can’t Change the Law, We’ll Break It

by Rivkah Brown

On Saturday, police banned a vigil for Sarah Everard - hundreds turned out anyway. The new policing bill may threaten our right to protest, but we already know how to resist. Rivkah Brown reports on a resurgence in civil disobedience.

Report: Tired of Greedy Landlords, Students Are Setting Up Housing Co-ops

by Eloise Barry

The past year has seen students nationwide coordinate the largest wave of rent strikes in recent history. But growing numbers are going one step further: breaking away from the private rented sector altogether and setting up housing co-ops. Eloise Barry reports.

Report: General Strike: Workers Take on the Military in Myanmar

by Htar Nwe

Trade unions in Myanmar called for a nationwide strike on Monday, as the country entered its sixth week of mass protest since the military coup. Novara Media spoke to organiser Htar Nwe.

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

by Sophie K Rosa

The pandemic has shown how women's work is disproportionately underpaid, undervalued and unsafe. On International Women's Day, many have gone on strike, but many more won't be able to. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

by Sophie K Rosa

With millions of us needing mental health support as a result of the coronavirus crisis, we’re going to need wholesale system change if we’re to recover from it. Sophie K Rosa meets the professionals campaigning for post-pandemic mental health reform.

Report: A Doctor on Living Through a Month of Deadly Protests in Myanmar

by A doctor in Myanmar

Police shot and killed at least 18 people in Myanmar on Sunday in the deadliest crackdown on protests since the military staged a coup d'etat on 1 February. Novara Media asked a doctor and activist what the last month's been like.

children sit in a nursery holding a sign that reads 'Save Our Nursery'

Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic

by Shahed Ezaydi

Childsplay has been a lifeline for Royal Mail parents since 1989, though particularly during the past year. Now the company plans to rip it away, just when workers need it most. Shahed Ezaydi reports.

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Report: Migrants Are Scared to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine – and the Hostile Environment Is to Blame

by Sophie K Rosa

Despite the government's assurances that anyone, regardless of their settlement status, can receive the coronavirus vaccine, many migrants are still afraid to do so. Sophie K Rosa looks at how the hostile environment has created a culture of fear around healthcare.

Report: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: Why Banning Sex Is Bad Public Health Policy

by Sophie K Rosa

For most of the last year, it's been illegal to have sex with someone unless you live with them under UK coronavirus rules. But the government’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to pandemic sex is no way to minimise risk. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Report: Paranoid Bosses Are Spying on Workers During the Pandemic

by Rivkah Brown

As home working has increased during the pandemic, so has worker surveillance. Rivkah Brown reports on the growing number of bosses now spying on their employees.

Report: Is a London Council Trying to Freeze Black and Brown Residents Out of Their Homes During a Pandemic?

by Sophie K Rosa

Residents of south London's Aylesbury estate believe the council is trying to drive them out by cutting off their water and heating - a 'cruel' move they say could compound the already elevated threat BAME people face from Covid-19. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Report: Amazon Delivery Drivers Are Being Shamed for Relieving Themselves in Public – But Bezos is to Blame

by Sophie K Rosa

The tabloid press has been shaming delivery drivers for relieving themselves in public while under pressure and unable to access toilets. Instead, we should be shaming companies like Amazon for denying its workers basic rights. Sophie K Rosa reports.

nursery children and teachers playing together

Report: Early Years Practitioners Are Being Forced Into Work During Lockdown. Now They’re Getting Organised

by Sophie K Rosa

While teachers have fought for and won the closure of schools during lockdown, early years settings are being forced to stay open. Now, practitioners are starting to get organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Priti Patel stands beside a number of French border guards in Calais

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

by Rivkah Brown

Rule changes snuck in by the Home Office in December theoretically allow the department to send asylum applicants anywhere in the world. In practice, more people will be forced into inhumane and indefinite immigration detention. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: Student Rent Strikers Don’t Just Want a Refund – They Want to Smash Capitalism

by Sophie K Rosa

Students across the UK are staging the biggest rent strike in almost half a century. Despite the new challenges posed by this lockdown, the strikers are only growing, both in numbers and political vision. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Report: Teachers’ Unions Won Big This Week. They’re Just Getting Started

by Rivkah Brown

The Tories' U-turn on schools was not merely the product of circumstance, but months of teacher organising. Now, with a multiplying membership and renewed confidence, unions are setting their sights beyond the pandemic to transforming their entire profession. Rivkah Brown reports.