From America with cash: Right-wing groups want to end abortion in the UK
A right-wing political and media ecosystem pushing a US-style anti-abortion agenda is gaining traction in the UK
Editor’s choice
Follow openDemocracy
-
Published in:50.50: News‘Are we not human?’ Uganda’s LGBTIQ community reels as anti-gay law upheld
Campaigners and analysts say decision, which leans on US repeal of Roe v Wade, is riddled with ‘homophobic tropes’
-
Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationLabour in ‘cash for access’ scandal over meetings with £150k donor
Labour top brass including Keir Starmer gave Bloomberg ‘exclusive’ look at party's financial plan at private meeting
-
Published in:50.50: FeatureWomen fight back as Milei’s government tries to starve their soup kitchens
Community cooks are keeping ‘common pots’ alive despite dwindling supplies and a campaign to paint them as corrupt
-
Published in:Home: NewsUK government admits it broke law to allow gamebird shooting
Ministers ignored advice about the release of pheasants and partridges after meeting a pro-shooting organisation
-
Published in:Home: NewsOil giant admits it needs a ‘magic wand’ to keep green pledges
ExxonMobil accused of greenwashing over claims that its ‘carbon capture’ project is reducing emissions
-
Published in:Home: FeatureSian Berry: ‘I wish Greens had been able to deal with transphobia sooner’
The candidate to replace Brighton MP Caroline Lucas is planning for a Green future – but is her party united?
Breaking the Silence: Abortion Rights in Kenya
WATCH: Our documentary investigates Kenya’s hidden crisis, claiming the lives of more than 2,000 people a year
Latest
-
Published in: 50.50: Feature‘It’s a trap’: LGBTIQ+ Ugandans wary of court ruling on right to healthcare
Queer people and health providers remain at risk of being punished for receiving or providing health services
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionTrump has just hung an albatross around his neck – abortion
The Republican presidential hopeful has flip-flopped on support for choice – and ended up pleasing no one
-
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionDo we really need a Global Commission on Modern Slavery?
Theresa May’s attempt at a legacy project won’t save anybody from ‘modern slavery’. But since it’s here, we have a...
-
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsAcademics call for transparency over university funding
Open letter follows openDemocracy investigation exposing the scale of dark money in higher education
-
Published in: 50.50: NewsHow a court ruling on a company name threatens LGBTIQ rights in Uganda
A leading LGBTIQ group has been told it can’t register as a company – in yet another attack on Uganda’s queer community
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionAccusing Trump of blasphemy is just as bad as his $59.99 Bible
Even Christians who oppose Trump helped enable the attack on Transgender Day of Visibility that came from his campaign
-
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: AnalysisEU-migration by way of Russia: is Moscow or Brussels to blame?
Fortress Europe’s walls are thickest and deadliest on the southern borders. Some migrants are heading north instead
-
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionTheresa May leaves legacy of cruelty for domestic workers
May’s heartless policies will go on tormenting migrant domestic workers long after she steps down as MP
-
Published in: Home: InvestigationA dying baby, a Trump tweet: Inside network setting global right-wing agenda
Leaked emails from the Agenda Europe network reveal how its members collaborated daily to roll back abortion and...
-
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationLocal councils call bailiffs over debts of just £3
The cost of living crisis has meant record profits for bailiff firms, with bosses taking pay rises up to 367%
-
Published in: Home: NewsMinisters let P&O owner back into bed months after sacking scandal
UK promised DP World ‘wouldn’t get away with’ firing 800 workers illegally. But months later, the love affair resumed
-
Published in: 50.50: OpinionRepublicans’ anti-LGBTQ vitriol is working – don’t take our rights for granted
Human rights can be fragile in the face of a dedicated, moral-panic-driven assault
-
Published in: Home: OpinionTwitter broke Ghana’s labour law and the government did nothing
At the dawn of Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter fired staff in Ghana without severance. Why didn’t the government intervene?
-
Published in: Home: NewsEviction of heavily pregnant refugee halted after community campaign
Tower Hamlets Council will review its decision to send a woman 250 miles from her family weeks before her due date
-
Published in: 50.50: NewsGhanaian government accused of climate hypocrisy with new emissions tax
Critics say new carbon tax will unfairly punish ordinary citizens and fail to have any impact on climate crisis
-
Published in: Home: NewsChampions of Uganda’s anti-gay law blame ‘homosexuals’ for corruption scandal
The Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament has been accused of involvement in huge cash transfers to private accounts
-
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: AnalysisJet-setters, partygoers and double-jobbers: Who’s given what to MPs in 2024
A closer look at the hospitality, gifts and donations received by Labour and Conservatives so far this year
-
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionDid crying modern slavery in Leicester benefit the workers?
Without alternatives or safety nets to fall back on, closures of fast-fashion factories left workers worse off
-
Published in: Home: NewsHeavily pregnant refugee to be evicted and sent 250 miles away from family
Ayana is booked to have a baby in London in two weeks. Tower Hamlets Council is sending her to live in Middlesbrough
-
Published in: Home: NewsWith just three weeks, did Wales’ Covid inquiry answer the key questions?
Mark Drakeford and his cabinet rattled through topics like devolution, Eat Out to Help Out, care homes and lockdown