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Protesters hold a trans flag during the demonstration against trans conversion therapies, London, April 2022.

Feature: How Mutual Aid Is Reaching Its Limits for Transgender People in the UK

June Bellebono

Aid networks are lifesavers for trans communities - but a hostile cultural and economic climate means an already deprived demographic is being stretched to breaking point.

A man in a beanie and black glasses loads a large pot wrapped in a tea towel into his car boot

Report: Inside the Volunteer Networks Sustaining Ukraine

Volodya Vagner

Putin claimed there was no Ukrainian nation. Well, there certainly is one now. Volodya Vagner reports from Lviv on the massive popular mobilisation the war has prompted.

Report: The Rider-Owned Food Courier Coop Taking on Deliveroo

Alex D King

A group of former Deliveroo riders have set up their own food courier cooperative as an alternative to the exploitative conditions of the gig economy. Alex D King reports.

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

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: The Co-op Network Giving Communities the Tools to Feed Themselves

Sophie K Rosa

Set up last year with the goal of having 'a food co-op on every street in every town', the Cooperation Town network is quickly growing. Sophie K Rosa finds out more.

Boris Johnson Covid-19 Presser

Opinion: Boris Johnson Wants to Blame Young People for Coronavirus. He Has Nobody to Blame but Himself

Liam Young

The government has settled on a scapegoat for the recent spike in Covid-19 cases: young people. Yet from rushing children back to school to breaking their own rules with impunity, it's clear who's really at fault, writes Liam Young.

It’s Falling to Community Food Groups to Feed the Country During the Covid-19 Crisis

Alexandra Genova

As a result of the government's failure to comprehensively address the country's food security crisis, a growing network of volunteer-run community food groups and charities are being forced to meet the shortfall, writes Alexandra Genova.

Analysis: Overcrowded and Understaffed: Coronavirus Has Exposed the Flaws in Our Mental Health System

Ed Kiely and Joannah Griffith

The deaths of psychiatric inpatients – often detained against their will on locked wards – highlight systemic issues that existed long before the current public health crisis, write Ed Kiely and Joannah Griffith.

With 1,500 Mutual Aid Groups Set up in a Matter of Days, Will Things Ever Be the Same Again?

Sophie K Rosa

Where civic duty meets anarchist organising: mutual aid groups are providing a lifeline to people let down by the government. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Ash Wednesday: 3 Things You Can Do in the Face of Coronavirus

Feeling confused about Coronavirus? Here’s 3 simple things you can do to help the people around you.

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