As Keir Starmer cuts benefits in the UK, openDemocracy readers discuss social security where they live
Labour government has repeatedly aided and defended assault on Gaza – but opinions may be shifting as war intensifies
Israeli prime minister is realising that you can’t rely on Trump, no matter how much he says what you want to hear
Another PM is trying to make cuts equate to growth. Disabled people will again pay the price of this cruelty
Petra Molnar on the border industrial complex
A ‘win’ in Ukraine may well lead the US president to act in Gaza and resume talks of acquiring Canada or Greenland
Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked
Many ex-special advisers are advising businesses in fields related to their government role, openDemocracy has found
From blowing up at Zelenskyy to fast-tracking Executive Orders, what can we learn from Trump’s recent behaviour?