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As the UK prime ministerial race continues, Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are both pushing for homeownership policies. James Gregory tells us why homeownership, much to everyone’s surprise, might not bring the expected wellbeing rewards.…Read more
Only a year after Clare McGlynn and Kelly Johnson published their book 'Cyberflashing: Recognising Harms, Reforming Laws', upskirting and cyberflashing became specific criminal offences in Northern Ireland, following evidence given by McGlynn to the Stormont Assembly Justice Committee. Rebecca Megson-Smith charts the influence of the Bristol University Press publication on making cyberflashing a criminal act.…Read more
The pandemic has significantly altered the experiences of families of prisoners and how they maintain contact with their loved ones in prison. Maria Adams looks at new questions thrown up by the replacement of prison visits by video calls.…Read more
The consequences of the Roe v Wade reversal are devastating. The victory of the pro-life lobby means women will die. Judith Orr elaborates why we shouldn’t be complacent even in the UK where abortion rights have majority support. …Read more
Dan McQuillan looks at the dangerous capacity of AI to criminalise women in the wake of Roe vs Wade and calls for ways of coming together that invert algorithmic exclusion via mutual aid and solidarity.…Read more
Space for relational and community-based support are limited by the dominance of market-oriented, computer-based tasks, medication and risk-focused interventions. Rich Moth looks at how neoliberal reorganisation of services has actually taken community mental health practice in the opposite direction. …Read more
Emma Bond and Andy Phippen, authors of 'Safeguarding Adults Online: Perspectives on Rights to Participation', grapple with the thorny issue of supporting adults with learning difficulties in their digital lives without compromising their privacy and participation rights.…Read more
Cybernetics provides lot of the tools needed to help individual coops bring about effective democratic and non-hierarchical regulation. It shows us how we can collectively manage change in the face of adversity and develop the solutions we need. Thomas Swann looks at the history of the coop movement and ask whether cybernetic cooperatives could be the future of work.…Read more
Criminal barristers across England and Wales have taken industrial action over a criminal legal aid pay dispute. Daniel Newman and Roxana Dehaghani share insights into the demise of criminal legal aid and why barristers are striking.…Read more
Fran Amery discusses the impact of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on access to abortion and how the work done by grassroots organisations like AidAccess and Women on Web will have a vital role to play moving forward.…Read more