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Modern-day Scrooges: Corporations give ‘small change’ in charity stunts

Coca-Cola and Amazon among giants that hand over a fraction of their profits as part of promotional stunts

By Adam Bychawski

/ 24 Dec 2022

Modern-day Scrooges: Corporations give ‘small change’ in charity stunts

UK overseas aid still invested in fossil fuels – two years after climate pledge

Revealed: Records show the FCDO’s British International Investment fund has continued to back major polluters

By Martin Williams, Dimitris Dimitriadis and Frankie Vetch

/ 24 Nov 2022

UK overseas aid still invested in fossil fuels – two years after climate pledge

Revealed: Airlines want £2bn handout to cover cost of ‘green’ fuel

Virgin Atlantic, BA and EasyJet blasted over ‘outrageous’ request for taxpayers to subsidise their passengers

By Ben Webster

/ 15 Nov 2022

Revealed: Airlines want £2bn handout to cover cost of ‘green’ fuel

Exclusive: 2,300 people died while waiting for a council house last year

Investigation finds underhand tactics used by UK councils to cut wait lists as time runs out for thousands

By Martin Williams

/ 2 Nov 2022

Exclusive: 2,300 people died while waiting for a council house last year

Ecuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’

Health authorities say they’ll open formal investigations following openDemocracy’s reporting – though it’s unclear when

By Diana Cariboni

/ 30 Mar 2020

Ecuador and Costa Rica promise to probe US-backed ‘crisis pregnancy centres’

With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion

Abortion has been legal in Ukraine for decades – but groups empowered by Trump’s White House are misleading vulnerable women about their options Українська русский

By Tetiana Kozak

/ 18 Mar 2020

With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion

Як американські активісти допомагають обманювати українських жінок щодо абортів

Вже кількадесят років аборти дозволені законом в Україні — проте пов’язані з адміністрацією Дональда Трампа організації вводять жінок, які опинилися у вразливій ситуації, в оману щодо доступних варіантів. English русский

By Tetiana Kozak

/ 18 Mar 2020

Як американські активісти допомагають обманювати українських жінок щодо абортів

All’interno di ospedali pubblici in Italia, ho visto come una rete anti-aborto connessa agli Stati Uniti 'umilia' le donne

Una federazione italiana di attivisti anti-aborto, connessa alla destra religiosa statunitense, si sta 'infiltrando' negli ospedali per fermare gli aborti. Li ho visti in azione. (In English).

By Francesca Visser

/ 9 Mar 2020

All’interno di ospedali pubblici in Italia, ho visto come una rete anti-aborto connessa agli Stati Uniti 'umilia' le donne

Inside Italian public hospitals, a US-linked anti-abortion network is ‘humiliating’ women

An Italian federation of anti-abortion activists, linked to the US religious Right, is ‘infiltrating’ hospitals to stop abortions. I saw them in action (Italiano)

By Francesca Visser

/ 9 Mar 2020

Inside Italian public hospitals, a US-linked anti-abortion network is ‘humiliating’ women

Top Ugandan health official condemns US-linked ‘pregnancy crisis centres’ for opposing contraception

Abortion is illegal in Uganda but the government strongly promotes contraception. Unregulated centres “must be apprehended”, says top reproductive health official.

By Lydia Namubiru and Soita Khatondi Wepukhulu

/ 24 Feb 2020

Top Ugandan health official condemns US-linked ‘pregnancy crisis centres’ for opposing contraception

‘You could die and turn your husband gay’. How I learned to talk women out of legal abortions

Heartbeat International teaches activists how to dissuade women from ending their pregnancies. I took two of their online courses to see what they say.

By Sian Norris

/ 17 Feb 2020

‘You could die and turn your husband gay’. How I learned to talk women out of legal abortions

Revealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘lie’ and ‘scare women’ across Latin America

Lawmakers in Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina demand action following “truly scandalous” misinformation revealed by openDemocracy. Español.

By Isabella Cota

/ 12 Feb 2020

Revealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘lie’ and ‘scare women’ across Latin America