Health & care Has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law? The first day of a significant High Court challenge - has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law in closing swathes of Lewisham Hospital? By Open democracy / 4 Jul 2013
Health & care “People will die” hears Michael Mansfield QC-chaired enquiry In advance of this week’s high court battle between Lewisham Hospital campaigners and Jeremy Hunt, a People’s Commission on Saturday heard damning evidence from clinicians and patients. By Open democracy / 3 Jul 2013
Analysis Who really wins from the US critical minerals drive? Africa supplies the minerals for the tech boom – but not the gains. By Open democracy / 23 Feb 2026
News Meet our new tech reporting fellow: Jade-Ruyu Yan Investigative journalist Jade-Ruyu joins openDemocracy to follow the UK’s rapidly evolving tech and society beat By Open democracy / 20 Feb 2026
Analysis Not just oil, the Venezuela invasion is about preserving the petrodollar Money is power, and oil is a commodity – one that was once solely reliant on the dollar. The US knows that’s shifting By Open democracy / 13 Feb 2026
Opinion Life beyond the stats: The refugees reclaiming their stories Our lives are often reduced to numbers, our stories told without our consent. I wanted to change that By Open democracy / 6 Feb 2026