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In Argentina, a village atop a lithium fortune still waits for basic servicesNetanyahu’s election campaign may worsen Israel’s international isolationFuture governments may pay the price of the prime minister’s decision to double down on hardline security to win votesThe 12-week abortion myth blocking reproductive care across Latin AmericaThere is no scientific reason for time limits on abortion – so why are they used to deny vulnerable people healthcare?Inside British Army’s child training college where violent abuse is the normAn 11-month investigation reveals culture of violence, criminality and sexual abuse at army training centre for teens## LatestThe big Blair-era loophole behind Palantir’s tiny tax billPalantir’s UK CEO Louis Mosley says the company uses “a standard tax incentive” to minimise corporate tax. But the UK is one of the few countries that allows for this.Lessons from Ceuta: State failures and local solidaritiesCities and communities cannot wait for Europe to resolve its endless arguments about migration, deterrence and responsibility sharing.What the rise in Islamophobia tells us about modern BritainFrom mosque attacks to manufactured controversies, Muslims in the UK bear a tiring burden of constant scrutinyModi blinks and Britain cracks downopenDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 1 August 2026Burnham’s Labour rises as Reform fumbles, but foreign policy challenges loomNew PM is off to a good start, but the real test will be in how he deals with the US, Israel and the climate crisisAI as ‘bullshit innovation’: How corporations monopolise our imaginationsProducts like self-driving cars or humanoid robots are not meant to be sold or widely adopted by the public, but rather to position the corporation as a driving force of frontier technological changeCockroaches, Modi and the death of fearIndia’s youthful cockroach protests have defanged the ruling regime’s primary tools of governance: fear, alienation and division