'The personal is political' originated as a crucial feminist insight into the politics of daily life – but in recent years, the slogan has morphed into an excuse for reducing politics to the individual and the moral.
While liberals swoon and right-wingers predict the end of days, there's little to suggest Joe Biden's presidency will be transformative – for better or worse, its early weeks look very much like a new Obama era.
Rather than giving money to middle-class savers, the Left could push a programme of regional recovery bonds to help the areas cheated by the London finance bubble – before the Tories take renewal for themselves.
Thirty years ago, Tony Benn's Commonwealth of Britain Bill proposed to transform our democracy by devolving power, guaranteeing social rights and abolishing the monarchy — it's time for today's Left to take up its mantle.
Newham's Labour council is leading one of London's most creative responses to Covid-19 – pursuing Community Wealth Building, living wage jobs and free school meals even amidst a wave of Tory cutbacks.
Thirty years ago, Tony Benn's Commonwealth of Britain Bill proposed to transform our democracy by devolving power, guaranteeing social rights and abolishing the monarchy – it's time for today's Left to take up its mantle.
Universal Credit claims have doubled since the pandemic – and a £20 increase is nowhere near enough. Six million people are now stuck in a bureaucratic maze of five-week waits, low payments and benefit sanctions.
The number of prisoners held without trial has increased by one third under Covid. New rules mean that some are in custody for up to eight months – and detainees are pleading guilty just to get released sooner.
Mental health is often framed in individual terms with individual solutions – but rising levels of depression, anxiety and stress across society make it clear that we need political answers.
In this week's episode, Grace talks to journalist and author Sarah Jaffe about Joe Biden's first weeks, Covid and climate crisis in the US, and how the pandemic is changing the world of work.
Matt Hancock broke the law over outsourced PPE contracts, but the problem goes well beyond Covid – in fact, almost half of the UK's top 50 corporations have connections with a current MP.
In the 1980s, a virus epidemic ripped through Britain – with Tory government neglect leading to countless unnecessary deaths. To mark LGBT History Month, we remember the AIDS Crisis.