Anthony Albanese’s Labor government is accusing Greens MPs of standing in the way of solutions to the housing crisis. But under Labor’s plan, the proportion
Microfinance and fintech have been sold as innovative solutions to poverty in the Global South. But for the most part, they’ve just enriched wealthy investors
Anti-war protesters march in London after the Russian invasion (Picture: Guy Smallman) Delegates at the University and College Union (UCU) congress in Glasgow last weekend
In the debt ceiling standoff, Republicans have held the global economy hostage, demanding a ransom payment that consists of cuts to the US social safety
rs21 member Shiraz Hussain reviews Health Communism (Verso, 2022), a new book written by longtime disability justice and healthcare activists Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant.
Last year, the federal government spent $20.5 billion overpaying private insurers for Medicare Advantage plans — and the industry’s aggressive lobbying campaign is kneecapping efforts
The joys and pitfalls of degrowth communism – Gus Woody reviews an important new book on ecosocialism. Photos by Steve Eason, taken at XR’s The
Food prices rise at the second highest rate seen for over 45 years (Picture: Alex Liivet) Official inflation figures are down—a bit—but still show huge
There is mounting evidence that corporate profiteering is playing a key role in the latest wave of inflation, with profit margins soaring while real wages
Mexican president AMLO and the Drug Enforcement Administration have been involved in a heated war of words following revelations of covert operations on Mexican soil.
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