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Black brits can relate to George Floyd in their relationship with police
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 13: A mural painted by artist Kenny Altidor depicting George Floyd is unveiled on a sidewall of CTown Supermarket on July 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough New York City. George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis and his death has sparked a national reckoning about race and policing in the United States. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Professor Kehinde Andrews

Black brits can relate to George Floyd in their relationship with police

The horrific case of Sarah Everard is a chance to better educate our sons
The tragic case of Sarah Everard has highlighted the daily lived experience for women in the UK
Jane Graham

The horrific case of Sarah Everard is a chance to better educate our sons

Male decision makers have no idea how dangerous the UK is for women
The tragic case of Sarah Everard has highlighted the daily lived experience for women in the UK
Georgia Ladbury

Male decision makers have no idea how dangerous the UK is for women

95% mortgages: Less generation buy, more generation debt
The Government has been dropping hints about 95% mortgages. Image credit: Sephelonor / Pixabay
Jonn Elledge

95% mortgages: Less generation buy, more generation debt

How social innovation can fix the greatest challenges we face
The climate crisis touches everyone, but the most disadvantaged most, writes Ravi Gurumurthy, chief executive of Nesta. Image credit: Free-Photos / Pixabay
Ravi Gurumurthy

How social innovation can fix the greatest challenges we face

New claims of royal racism are no surprise when white supremacy once ruled
Priyamvada Gopal

New claims of royal racism are no surprise when white supremacy once ruled

The Harry and Meghan interview shows the right-wing media at its worst
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with other members of the Royal family in 2017
Mic Wright

The Harry and Meghan interview shows the right-wing media at its worst

Let's celebrate the value of music
Paul McNamee

Let's celebrate the value of music

Like nature, we will f ind a way to grow again
John Bird

Like nature, we will f ind a way to grow again

Grief in Covid: ‘The pain was visceral yet I was entirely dislocated from it'
A woman sits alone in a sitting room looking at faces on a digital call, with a single candle alongside.
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Grief in Covid: ‘The pain was visceral yet I was entirely dislocated from it'

Talking offers the best route out of mental crisis
Creativity, exercise, art and social prescribing can bring huge progress, writes Horatio Clare. Image credit: Matheus Ferrero / Unsplash
Horatio Clare

Talking offers the best route out of mental crisis

Beating the stigma of obesity: Time for a three-step programme
Image credit: Institute for Employment Studies
Stephen Bevan

Beating the stigma of obesity: Time for a three-step programme

What does the Budget mean for poverty in the UK?
Dave Innes

What does the Budget mean for poverty in the UK?

We must equip children with the facts to hold adults to account on climate
Jess French

We must equip children with the facts to hold adults to account on climate

This Budget does nothing to help women at the sharp end of the pandemic
The Women’s Budget Group says the Chancellor has let women down with his budget speech. Image credit: Priscilla Du Preez / Unsplash
Thaira Mhearban

This Budget does nothing to help women at the sharp end of the pandemic

Will the Budget's stamp duty holiday help buyers? Don't bet on it.
Jonn Elledge

Will the Budget's stamp duty holiday help buyers? Don't bet on it.

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How do we stop children's literacy falling behind after Covid?
How do we make sure children's literacy doesn't slip during Covid? Image credit: Image credit: Victoria Borodinova / Pixabay
Jonathan Douglas

How do we stop children's literacy falling behind after Covid?

Budget 2021: 5 tests for the Chancellor to ease poverty after the pandemic
energy price cap
Dave Innes

Budget 2021: 5 tests for the Chancellor to ease poverty after the pandemic

The pandemic is the new front line in the war on the working class
John Preston and Rhiannon Firth

The pandemic is the new front line in the war on the working class

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet
John Bird

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet