Opinion We’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with Palantir And here’s what needs to happen now By Mary Fitzgerald and Cori Crider / 30 Mar 2021
Opinion How Zelenskyy can challenge Ukraine's media magnates The Ukrainian president has promised to curb the power of the pro-Russian oligarchs who control Ukraine’s leading TV channels, but is it all talk? By Janek Lasocki / 30 Mar 2021
Feature How Lukashenka declared war on Belarusian journalists Since last year’s disputed elections, and the protests that followed, media workers have become targets for prosecution – or worse By Igor Ilyash / 23 Mar 2021
Analysis All Hail Q! The forging of a right-wing religion and its extreme threat to security Christians across the US, hostile to mainstream media, are being drawn to the movement through trusted church leaders By James Hardy / 18 Mar 2021
Analysis The free press versus Facebook and Google Are Facebook and Google the new ‘public square’? Or are they publishers swiping content from others? By Steven Hill / 17 Mar 2021
Opinion The radical Right is learning from the GameStop squeeze The short squeeze may serve as an example of how the radical Right could flex its muscles and gain strength in the long term By Bethan Johnson / 4 Mar 2021
Analysis In Lebanon, journalists report attacks and a decline in freedom of speech Three reporters speak out about being subject to assaults from supporters of the country's major political parties By Marwa Harb / 3 Mar 2021
News openDemocracy’s feminist investigations team shortlisted for European award Our Tracking the Backlash team was chosen for revealing the global spread of anti-abortion misinformation that targets vulnerable women By Inge Snip / 23 Feb 2021
Media & communications Why truth is too weak to stop a liar like Boris Johnson Peter Oborne writes of ‘the nightmare assumption that emotion is more important than thought’. But it’s not just an assumption – it’s real By David Leigh / 21 Feb 2021
Opinion Butantan, Bum Bum Tam Tam and how baile funk might save Brazil Reviled by elites, this home-grown musical genre is proving an effective weapon in the fight against COVID-19 misinformation By Marilia Arantes / 18 Feb 2021
Opinion ‘One of the problems in France is distrust’, Macron warns. Why might that be? When it comes to selling things that kill, France is the rising star, when it comes to those that save lives, such as vaccines, its sun has been on a long decline By Chris Myant / 17 Feb 2021
Analysis ‘You messed with the wrong generation’: the young people resisting Myanmar’s military Since the coup, social media has become an essential tool for exchanging knowledge and experience between generations By Judith Beyer / 11 Feb 2021
