Report: Is Belfast Becoming the New Epicentre of the Rental Crisis?
by Róisín Lanigan
Private rents in Northern Ireland’s capital have jumped by nearly 10% in the last 12 months - and no-one's doing anything about it.
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Analysis: The SNP Have Joined Forces With The Tories To Create ‘Green’ Scottish Tax Havens
by Jonathon Shafi
The establishment of two new deregulated ‘freeports’ in Scotland is a rare example of agreement between Holyrood and Westminster – at the expense of workers’ rights.
Analysis: Labour Is Wrong – Private Healthcare Can’t Save the NHS
by Ell Folan
A tiny private sector already bolstered by NHS staff can’t come to the rescue – and nor should it, writes Ell Folan.
Analysis: If You Thought 2022 Was Bad for Your Bank Balance, Just Wait for the Sequel
by James Meadway
You’ll be poorer, the planet hotter. On the upside, the working class will be readier than ever to take on the crisis that is 2023.
Report: An Energy Company Broke Into This Family’s Home And Cut Off Their Heating
by Sophie K Rosa
Exclusive: An energy company broke into a south London family's home and left them without hot water and heating, as snowstorms hit the capital.
Feature: Northern Irish People Can’t Come Home For Christmas
by Róisín Lanigan
It’s now easier – and cheaper – to travel from Britain to the Republic of Ireland than somewhere that's supposedly part of the same country – but Unionist politicians don't seem concerned.
Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat
by Jack McGovan
The UK’s biggest outbreak of bird flu highlights the government’s willingness to protect the animal agricultural industry at all costs, even while the evidence points to one solution.
Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters
by Moya Lothian-McLean
After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.
Report: Amazon Hit by Strikes Across the Globe
by Simon Childs
After wildcat strikes in the UK, workers staged walk-outs and protests at warehouses in the US, Germany and Turkey.
Analysis: This Is Why ‘Gender Critical’ Campaigners Like Allison Bailey Are Laying Siege to Stonewall
by Moya Lothian-McLean
Losing in court barely matters to transphobic activists – their goal is to envelope Stonewall in the stench of controversy, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Opinion: The Right Are Hypocrites – But Pointing It Out Won’t Get Us Anywhere
by James Greig
Highlighting hypocrisy feels worthy but is often a waste of political energy.
Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar
There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!
Explainers: How Racism Affects Our Sex Lives
Does love transcend everything? What does it mean to fall in love in an unequal world? Dalia Gebrial looks at how race shapes our experiences of sex and desire, and asks: what would it take to create better conditions for loving one another?
Analysis: Cambo Has Been Halted – But Britain’s Love Affair With Oil and Gas Isn’t Over
by Tessa Khan
Last week Shell pulled out of the Cambo North Sea oil field. With the project now officially halted, Tessa Khan explains how much work remains to end the UK state’s addiction to oil and gas.
Analysis: Is Britain Ready for the Omicron Variant?
by Ell Folan
With impressive vaccination rates and a public willing to accept some new restrictions, the biggest stumbling block to tackling the Omicron variant is the government's lack of political will, writes Ell Folan.
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Downstream: Veterans: Rightwing or Radical?
They are claimed from all sides and by all parties. But who are Britain’s ex-service personnel? What do they want? And what do their politics – whether conservative, liberal or socialist – tell us about Britain as a post-imperial country? Aaron Bastani speaks to Joe Glenton, journalist and author of ‘Veteranhood’.
Opinion: The American Right Knows How to Fight a Culture War
by Kojo Koram
We're lucky the British right hasn't learnt from the sophisticated and strategic attacks of their US counterparts. But they still could.