Underpaid, overworked and drowning in debt: you wonder why young people are voting again?
The government has ignored this group for years, now it asks why they vote for the opposition.
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Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy will make hurricane recovery brutal – here’s why
Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Puerto Ricans facing shortages of food, health care and transit, an American humanitarian crisis fueled by the US territory's May 2017 bankruptcy.
Austerity’s enduring appeal has ancient roots in asceticism
Historically, there have been numerous cultural manifestations of austerity that shed light on its enduring appeal.
Why England’s new litter strategy is actually a bit rubbish
The strategy's focus on rotten apples seems destined to fail.
Six charts that show how much the world has changed since the 2007-08 financial crisis
The 2007-08 financial crisis affected the world's advanced economies in profound ways and the ripple effects continue to today.
The Grenfell Tower disaster lays bare the true power of social media
It is only when disaster strikes that a community and its problems are truly rendered visible.
Major sports events: are they worth it?
When financial times are tight, only those with soft power ambitions can see the economic sense in World Cups or Olympic Games.
A ‘learning disabilities commissioner’ without a learning disability is a waste of time
People with learning disabilities need to have a say in the government policy that rules their lives.
Is Congress’ plan to save Puerto Rico working?
A year after Congress passed its plan to fix Puerto Rico's US$123 billion debt and pension crisis, little has changed for the lives of Puerto Ricans.
Is austerity really to blame for stalling life expectancy in England?
It is possible to boost life expectancy once it has stalled. One route could be to tackle a few specific ageing processes.
Austerity has wounded public health in EU bailout countries – Greece worst of all
From hospital waiting lists to suicide rates, here's how cuts affected health in Ireland and Greece.
Hard Evidence: are public sector workers due a pay rise?
A deep dive into public sector earnings data since 2005 and how it compares to private sector pay.
After Grenfell, regulation must not be a dirty word
Perhaps there might at least now be a pause on further deregulation when it comes to buildings in the UK
How Madrid’s residents are using open-source urban planning to create shared spaces – and build democracy
Born seemingly spontaneously out of a desire to create and manage shared spaces, Madrid's "citizen laboratories" are using new tools to build a new vision of how cities should be planned and run.
Grime launches a revolution in youth politics
Who are the 'macho boasting idiots' now?
May wanted a Brexit mandate, but voters want a strong welfare state
Labour's pro-NHS, anti-cuts message appealed to both Leavers and Remainers.
Brazil’s crisis is a ‘graduation dilemma’, and there’s no easy way out
Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
The road to the great regression
We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here's what history tells us about today.
The IMF is at its weakest just as the world needs it most
Where now for one of the great emblems of post-World War II global co-operation?
Benefit changes will entrench the poor in ‘food bank Britain’
Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
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