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openDemocracy presents: Killing The Truth

openDemocracy presents: Killing The Truth

Every week, somewhere in the world, a journalist is killed.Because their reporting uncovered a truth that someone wants hidden.Most of the murders are never solved. That their killers go free matters - to all of us. Because investigations are abandoned, power and corruption goes unchallenged – and democracy is weakened. Killing the Truth explores the cases of four remarkable journalists who paid the ultimate price for their uncompromising pursuit of the truth. Killing the Truth is a podcast by openDemocracy in partnership with A Safer World for The Truth, and the series will launch the new podcast The openDemocracy Show. Visit opendemocracy.net to find out more. Launching on 15 December.

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How the cult of Nigerian prophet TB Joshua lives on

How the cult of Nigerian prophet TB Joshua lives on

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Healthcare workers are dodging abortion rules in Mexico

Healthcare workers are dodging abortion rules in Mexico

You can read part 2 of this investigative series here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050...═See our latest stories: https://www.opendemocracy.net/Support our work: https://bit.ly/3o0XTgiSubscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/odytsub

Anti-abortion group targets women and children in Mexico

Anti-abortion group targets women and children in Mexico

You can read part 1 of this investigative series here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050...═See our latest stories: https://www.opendemocracy.net/Support our work: https://bit.ly/3o0XTgiSubscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/odytsub

Daniel Trilling in conversation with Gary Younge

Daniel Trilling in conversation with Gary Younge

Gary Younge, one of the UK’s leading political voices, on the significant events of the last few decades that have affected the Black diaspora around the globe.

Why do Russians support the war?

Why do Russians support the war?

One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, surveys demonstrate that over two-thirds of Russians still support the war. Why do people believe that the ‘special military operation’ was necessary? How is it possible that they don’t change their minds even when they know about the Russian army’s devastating war crimes in Ukraine and losses and chaos the army is suffering?Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmM59dCI60MDonate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - How Britain’s broken asylum system props up the Iranian government

Long Read - How Britain’s broken asylum system props up the Iranian government

Iran’s leaders use the UK’s increasingly hostile asylum policies to warn political refugees against fleeingReax the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/britain-asylum-system-broken-iran-protests-refugees-migrants-channel/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - Idaho bill tries again to equate trans healthcare with female genital mutilation

Long Read - Idaho bill tries again to equate trans healthcare with female genital mutilation

Idaho Republicans are trying for the second time to ban gender-affirming healthcare for minors. Will they succeed?Read the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/ban-trans-healthcare-female-genital-mutilation-idaho-texas/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Ukrainian journalists share their stories of war

Ukrainian journalists share their stories of war

Hear Igor Burdyga and Kateryna Semchuk explain what it's like working in a homeland under threat. Plus British author Oliver Bullough and chair Daniel Trilling.Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2ziEDpjx8Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Environmental campaigners ‘spied on’ ahead of Sadiq Khan event

Environmental campaigners ‘spied on’ ahead of Sadiq Khan event

Security agents linked to London mayor Sadiq Khan “spied” on a group of environmental activists and blocked them from participating in a public debate, openDemocracy can reveal.Read the full article here:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/environmental-campaigners-spied-on-mayor-london-sadiq-khan-o2/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - Are we seeing the collapse of the dollar-dominated global economy?

Long Read - Are we seeing the collapse of the dollar-dominated global economy?

Financial shocks in recent years are forcing the global monetary architecture to change, say some economistsRead the full story here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/end-dollar-dominated-global-economy-bretton-russia-ukraine-china-saudi-arabia/Donate to openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - A year after Partygate, why is the government still being so secretive?

Long Read - A year after Partygate, why is the government still being so secretive?

A year after the news broke about Partygate, the Cabinet Office is still refusing openDemocracy’s FOI requests on key evidence Read the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/partygate-cabinet-office-cctv-conservative-party-boris-johnson/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic

Long Read - BlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimistic

The world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worseRead the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/blackrock-asset-management-economy-prediction-inflation-recession/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - Ukraine prepares to give free rein to property developers

Long Read - Ukraine prepares to give free rein to property developers

Critics fear a new planning law will hand power to property developers and put Ukraine’s historic buildings at riskRead the full story:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-planning-law-historic-building-demolition-property-developer/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - How austerity caused the NHS crisis

Long Read - How austerity caused the NHS crisis

The A&E delays can be traced back to Cameron – and have been worsened by successive health secretariesRead the full story: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-a-and-e-delays-austerity-emergency-care-hospitals-hunt-hancock-lansley/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - The government’s wrong. We can afford public sector pay rises

Long Read - The government’s wrong. We can afford public sector pay rises

OPINION: There’s one obvious way to fund public sector wage increases: tax the wealthyRead the full piece:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/public-sector-strikes-pay-rise-nurses-james-meadway/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long read - At the UK’s detention centres, border violence and outsourcing collide

Long read - At the UK’s detention centres, border violence and outsourcing collide

OPINION: We need unity between the detained, the outsourced and the underpaid – unions must take on the fightRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/manston-immigration-border-violence-outsourcing-security/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - The UK firm at the heart of a high-level fraud conviction in Russia

Long Read - The UK firm at the heart of a high-level fraud conviction in Russia

The Magomedov brothers defrauded the Russian state of billions – via a Scottish limited partnershipRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/newbay-investments-magomedov-fraud-russia/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long read - Labour knows our democracy is broken. So why are its ‘reforms’ so weak?

Long read - Labour knows our democracy is broken. So why are its ‘reforms’ so weak?

OPINION: Gordon Brown is on the money with his diagnosis of the problem. But his solutions aren’t nearly enoughRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-abolish-house-of-lords-democratic-reform/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long read - Russia forced them to fight. Ukraine tried them for treason

Long read - Russia forced them to fight. Ukraine tried them for treason

Russia has forcibly mobilised tens of thousands in Ukraine’s occupied territories to fight, but when captured those recruited under duress are facing difficult legal battles back home.Read the orignal article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/russia-forced-mobilisation-donetsk-luhansk-ukraine/Donate to openDemocracy:https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home

Long Read - Crisis in legal aid system as asylum seekers unable to find lawyers

Long Read - Crisis in legal aid system as asylum seekers unable to find lawyers

More than 40% of asylum seekers may be unable to access legal aid, despite the vast majority needing such supportRead the original article:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-seekers-legal-aid-system-crisis-justice/Support openDemocracy: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home