London Can’t Afford to Lose Buses
Cutting bus services means punishing London’s most vulnerable for the pandemic. We need to fight to save the routes at risk – and to make the government fund the transport network properly.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
Platforms for the People
As years of a growth-at-all-costs model start to bite, the platform economy is looking increasingly unsteady. Now’s the time to take back the tech from the venture capitalists.
The Children of the Windrush Generation who Revolutionised Rugby League
In the 1980s, as politicians stoked racism and rugby league lamented the passing of its golden age, three black players came to the fore who would change their game – and their country – for good.
Liz Truss Is Trapping Britain in Permanent Economic Decline
By pursuing tax cuts for the rich while the rest of the economy crumbles, Liz Truss has tanked the pound – and locked Britain into a spiral of national decline.
Demolishing Brutalist Bradford
Bradford Council’s plans to raze the brutalist Kirkgate Centre represent this future City of Culture’s triumph over its optimistic, modernist past.
Why Junior Doctors Are Saying Enough Is Enough
Junior doctors have spent the last decade face-to-face with the devastating effects of poverty and austerity on public health, while their own pay has dropped by up to 30% – and they know we can’t go on like this any longer.
The Trickle-Down Lie
Liz Truss’s government is rehashing the idea that funnelling money to the rich produces more wealth for everyone else. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t work.
Misidentification Murder Mystery
A new spin on the classic ‘murder mystery in a big house’ genre takes aim at the class fractures in an allegedly politically progressive generation.
A Tidal Wave of Homelessness Is Coming
Unless the government acts now to ban evictions and freeze or cap rents, we’re facing a catastrophic wave of homelessness this winter.
96. Mussolini’s Shadow w/ David Broder
This week Grace speaks to historian David Broder about Italian fascism in the wake of recent elections in which the far-right party led by Giorgia Meloni, the Brothers of Italy, came to power. They discuss the longer-term background of the rise of fascism, which David will be covering in his forthcoming book, Mussolini’s Grandchildren.
College Workers Are Fighting for Education’s Future
Since 2009, pay in further education has fallen in real terms by a shocking 35%. Now college staff have joined the strike wave – for decent pay, and for a system that values workers and the communities they serve.
Remembering ‘America’s Most Hated Critic’
Mike Gold was once one of America’s best-known writers, but his refusal to knuckle down in the McCarthy era saw him written out of history.
Planet Earth Can’t Afford the Rich
Research shows that only a drastic reduction in inequality can guarantee both a decent life for all and the future of the planet. In other words, to save the world, we have to tax the rich.
‘I Can’t Afford to Live’: How the Tories are Punishing the Poor
By threatening the biggest real-terms cut to benefits ever made in a single year, the Tories are making it clear they don’t care about ‘making work pay’ – they care about punishing the poor.
The NHS Can’t Take Austerity 2.0
The NHS is already on its knees, and the government want another round of public spending cuts, just as the cost of living crisis causes a fresh wave of health disasters. Let’s call that what it is: social murder.
Emergency Workers Need a Proper Pay Rise
Today, hundreds of 999 call handlers are on strike against poverty pay. Their dispute sums up modern Britain: lives are being risked because bosses won’t even discuss pay rises for key workers.
A Jerry-Built Nation
The Grenfell Tower tragedy had many causes – but at its heart was the contractually-enforced neglect in the British construction industry.
In the Heart of the Tory Identity Crisis
Conservative Conference 2022 has been a heady mix of blue-on-blue attacks, naff merch and sadness. But it’s made one thing clear: when it comes to successfully functioning as the party of the ruling elite, they’re having serious trouble.
Workers’ Rights at Night
Stacey Clare’s ‘The Ethical Stripper’ is a flawed but valuable account of work in ‘sexual entertainment venues’.
One Tax Cut U-Turn Is Not Enough
Truss and Kwarteng have rowed back on the top tax rate, but they’re still lifting the bankers’ bonus cap and threatening cuts to public services and benefits. We need to push for a much bigger change in direction.