My Partner Loves Helping Others – I Wish He Would Give It a Rest
Sophie K Rosa
'I feel lucky... [but also] frustrated.'
Tag: care
My Elderly In-Laws Fell Prey to a Parasitic Care ‘Platform’
Alexander Ratcliffe
They’re exploiting Britain’s care crisis.
Much More Freedom Is Necessary
Sophie K. Rosa makes the case for ‘radical intimacy’, queer parenting and new forms of kinship.
Does Jeremy Hunt Hate Children?
Edie Miller
He wants to turn nurseries into battery farms.
Did Cuba Just Abolish the Family?
Sophie K Rosa
A radical new law says "love and solidarity are the axes on which family relationships revolve."
Trip 26: Care
Nadia, Jeremy and Keir think about birth, death and all the social reproduction in between.
It’s Time to Abolish the Family
Judy Thorne
Why should romantic relationships monopolise care?
It’s Not Enough to ‘Save’ the NHS – We Must Transform It
Joanna Sutton-Klein
Care, not competition, is the way forward.
How We Won: The Care Workers Who Struck for a Living Wage
James Greig
'We delivered this win.'
No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’
Ben Weil
This kind of thinking didn’t get us anywhere in the 1980s, and it won’t now.
Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic
Shahed Ezaydi
The Childsplay nursery has been a lifeline for Royal Mail parents since 1989, and particularly during the past year. Now the company plans to rip it away, just when workers need it most.
Capital, Care and Crisis
Emma Dowling joins James Butler to discuss care in the shadow of capital.
I’m a Care Worker and I’m on Strike – Here’s Why
Andrene
The 21st Century Crisis Nobody Talks About: Demographic Ageing
Humanity is getting older. But while the old outnumbering the young is one of the supreme achievements of our species, it comes with major challenges. Aaron Bastani on a crisis set to re-define societies around the world which, for the 21st century at least, is every bit as disruptive as climate change.
‘Tired From the Heart’: Voices From the Care Sector
Care work faces a constant struggle for recognition, leaving some workers ‘tired from the heart’. What would it mean to advance an alternative vision of the sector? Sophie K Rosa, Craig Gent and James Butler find out.
