Israeli Citizenship Doesn’t Protect Palestinians From Home Demolitions
Julian Sayarer
A Palestinian neighbourhood in Galilee facing demolition dismantles the myth that Israel is a democracy, writes Julian Sayarer.
What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?
Clare Hymer
Just Stop Oil’s jailed activists were willing to pay the price for their actions. But what does their imprisonment mean for their partners? Clare Hymer reports.
Tories, Trolls and Tommy Robinson Fans: Meet Reform’s Top Local Candidates
Simon Childs
Reform is riding high in the polls in spite of the views of some of its candidates.
Labour Wants to Force Banks to Spy on Their Most Vulnerable Customers
Harriet Williamson
Labour’s ‘biggest fraud crackdown in a generation’ involves using artificial intelligence to surveil Britain’s most vulnerable people, while letting the rich and powerful do as they please.
How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims
Harriet Williamson
Labour is creating a digitised welfare state where biased AI will gobble up data and wreck vulnerable people’s lives by judging them based on their age, marital status and nationality. Harriet Williamson reports.
No Justice, No Peas: Inside the Toby Carvery Union Drive
Polly Smythe
Workers at a branch in Bolton are aiming to become the first at a major pub chain to gain union recognition, but claim they are being met with classic anti-union tactics. Polly Smythe reports.
The Billionaire Landlord Battling a Beloved London Cinema
John Lubbock & Daisy Steinhardt
Property mogul Asif Aziz prefers to be known for his philanthropy, but one of his companies stands accused of targeting a treasured community asset, not for the first time. John Lubbock and Daisy Steinhardt report.
We Asked Legal Experts: Is 2025 the Year Israel Faces Justice?
Nadine Talaat
From the ICJ’s plausible genocide ruling to the ICC issuing arrest warrants, last year the wheels of justice began to move against Israel. Nadine Talaat asks legal experts whether 2025 could finally end its decades-long impunity.
Novara Media’s Losers of the Year 2024
Simon Childs
From graceless losers to pathetic fence-sitters, here are the public servants who made Britain what it was in 2024.
How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown
Francesca Newton
While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear.
Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court
Harriet Williamson
Ellen Clifford is fighting Keir Starmer's government in the high court to prevent disability benefit cuts. She speaks to Harriet Williamson about the value of disabled life under capitalism, assisted dying and why disabled people threaten the status quo.
Service Work Is Joyless at Christmas – And Online Deliveries Are Making It Worse
Polly Smythe
Retail and hospitality workers are told to be even more cheerful during the festive season - which is also their least favourite time of year.
Meet the Super-Rich Property Mogul Who Just Got Made Reform UK’s New ‘Life President’
Simon Childs
Sir John Hall, once dubbed ‘King of the Geordies,’ has been made ‘North East Life President’ of Reform UK after making a reportedly ‘vast’ donation.
This ‘Israeli-Palestinian’ Boyband Is Whitewashing Apartheid
Ed Gillett
The brainchild of two LA music execs, the six-piece group featuring Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel started recording together the day before 7 October. Is as1one an earnest attempt at musical coexistence, or something more sinister ? Ed Gillett reports.
A Palestinian Academic Thought Her Ordeal With Her Employer Was Over. Then It ‘Reached Out to the Jewish Chronicle’
Simon Childs
Dr Shahd Abusalama has claimed victory after settling out of court with Sheffield Hallam University, following an extraordinary legal battle. Simon Childs reports.
Latin America Is Leading the Charge Against Ultra-Processed Food
Aron Penczu
Brazil, Chile and Colombia are among those cracking down on fake foods, whose incursion into the global south has triggered memories of colonialism. Aron Penczu reports.
The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats
Juliet Jacques
The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.
Can a Bunch of Tech Nerds Solve the Housing Crisis?
Rivkah Brown
Roost promises to create one million housing co-ops, but its high rents and willingness to work with landlords have turned off housing activists. Is their scepticism warranted? Rivkah Brown reports.