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Stonewall's Ruth Hunt tells Owen Jones: 'My heart breaks for trans communities'
The Stonewall chief executive, Ruth Hunt, talks to Owen Jones about her shock at the level of vitriol directed at transgender and non-binary people. She says the scale of abuse in the UK has contributed to high levels of self-harm,...
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Social distancing isn't practical' : Owen Jones meets our coronavirus key workers
For some, lockdown has felt like an eternity, but a lot of key workers have continued to go to work through unprecedented circumstances. Owen Jones asked four workers – a postal worker, a care home worker, a cycle courier and a security...
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Split loyalties: coming of age inside Putin's Russia
The Guardian speaks to three St Petersburg residents: a soldier, a street artist and an actor, all with very different views on Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine which is nearing its first anniversary. Maxim, who has just come back from...
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The Apache war against copper mining: 'this is an act of desecration'
Chí’chil Biłdagoteel - otherwise known as Oak Flat, Arizona – is regarded as sacred ancestral land by the Apache people. With the territory at risk of being sold for copper mining to a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, resident Wendsler Nosie has...
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There's nothing here for me': transgender and trapped living a half-life in the deep south
Alena Bradford is no Caitlyn Jenner. Instead of a reality TV show and high-end plastic surgery, Alena still lives in her male body, imprisoned by lack of medical resources and money to make the transition to the woman she aspires to be....
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The homeless Popeyes worker fighting for fair wages in Missouri
Despite working six days a week, Fran Marion, a single mother of two, can’t make ends meet on the $9.50 an hour she gets at Popeyes. After her previous residence was condemned by the city, she became homeless and today sleeps on her...
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Is my neighbourhood poisoning me? Living in the shadow of a gasworks redevelopment
Since 2016 residents in Southall have questioned whether the gases released from the redevelopment of an old gasworks site could be damaging their health. We followed them for a year as they grow their campaign group, question the...
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FOBTs: 'the crack cocaine of gambling'
While the craze for fixed-odds betting terminals, or FOBTs, has bolstered big business, there is increasing concern over the social cost of the machines. The industry says there is no evidence for critics' claims but just what is the...
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Darwin's lost microscope: the auction of a history-making 'box of brass'
The first microscope used by Charles Darwin was up for auction at Christie's this week, and this video tells the story of its discovery and importance. This intricate and rather beautiful 'box of brass’ contains the microscope used by...
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How to solve the UK's transport problem in the time of coronavirus
Those who can, should go back to work, Boris Johnson has said. But how will people get to work safely? If we take public transport, will there be enough space to physically distance? If we take the car, will the roads cope with all the...
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The memories never leave me': Uighur teacher describes forced sterilisation
Qelbinur Sidik, who was coerced to teach Mandarin at two of China's Uighur 're-education' camps, has described what she witnessed there as well as her own forced sterilisation at the age of 50. As part of a government campaign to...
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The captain rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean during the Covid-19 pandemic
Savvas Kourepinis is the captain of the Astral, a humanitarian boat patrolling the Mediterranean Sea to rescue people attempting to cross the main maritime route from north Africa to Europe. For most of this year, the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Love and choosing death: a couple's plea for assisted dying rights
In January, Steve Goldenberg and his doctor joined a lawsuit against several district attorneys across New York that aims to legalize aid in dying – also called physician-assisted suicide. In April, state district attorney Eric...
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Ireland: The world needs to get more Irish
An Irish woman is splitting up with her English boyfriend who is returning home to the UK. What is the impact of the end of their union? Part of 'Europeans', an original drama series where seven writers from seven countries have created...
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Inside America's last whites-only church
In rural Minnesota, a fringe Heathen group known as the Asatru Folk Assembly has purchased a local church – and membership is strictly whites-only. They worship Nordic, pre-Christian gods and they call themselves a 'folk religion' that...
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Sucker punch: small town boxing in rural America is going mainstream - but who benefits?
Rough N Rowdy offers local hopefuls, most with limited skills and little training, the chance to win $1,000 and make a name for themselves in the boxing ring. The event is being broadcast by Barstool Sports, whose CEO, Dave Portnoy,...
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Inside San Diego's $810m human trafficking industry
Considered among the best cities to work and live in the US, San Diego also ranks in the FBI’s 13 highest-intensity trafficking areas in the country. Sex trafficking generates $810m in annual revenue for local pimps and gangs, making it...
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My weekend at man camp: trauma, wrestling and tears
Earlier this year, pre-pandemic, Adam Gabbatt spent a weekend with Sacred Sons, a male-only community that aims to help men explore their vulnerable side and listen to their emotions. In an era when masculinity is under scrutiny, could...
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Made in London: the TikTok star taking on poor social housing
Kwajo Tweneboa watched his father die in a damp, dilapidated flat. Then he took on the system, harnessing the power of social media to make change with videos exposing atrocious conditions in social housing across London
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Hugh Masekela archive interview: 'When I look at the time I have left I have to hurry up'
In an interview filmed in 2011, the Guardian's Robin Denselow speaks to Hugh Masekela, the great South African jazz trumpeter and human rights campaigner, who has died peacefully at the age of 78.
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Secondary ticketing: how it works, the law, pitfalls and the future
A Guardian investigation has uncovered evidence of football tickets being sold illegally in vast quantities, thanks to an alliance between professional touts and websites that escape the law because they are based overseas. Through...
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The far right in Britain
From Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts in the 1930s through to the National Front, the British National party and the English Defence League, the far right in Britain has been part of the political landscape for decades. Now anti-immigration...
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Is Moldova ready to embrace an unmarried, childfree president?
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Europe’s 'baby bust' - can paying for pregnancies save Greece?
Greece’s population is falling fast, with low birth rates and economic instability hitting its island communities hardest. An unconventional new organisation, Hope Genesis, is attempting to inject life back into these remote areas...