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How food banks are weathering the cost of living crisis

The past five years have seen a staggering increase in food bank usage across the UK. Now, staff fear things are set to get much worse.

  • At What Cost?
  • Ben Smoke

Thousands attend silent walk to mark 5 years since Grenfell

Justice for the 72 — On the fifth anniversary of the tower fire, around 18,000 joined the walk to remember the 72 dead and to demand justice.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Immigration raids are being carried out with impunity

Exclusive investigation — In the years between 2017 and 2021, almost all immigration raids were conducted without a warrant a new Huck investigation has found.

  • Activism
  • Jack Barton

Israeli violence is central to Palestine’s mental health crisis

End apartheid — The answer to improving the well-being of Palestinians rests not with individualised solutions from the Global North, but with ending settler colonialism, writes Layth Hanbali.

  • Activism
  • Layth Hanbali

‘Our lives are under threat:‘ an Afghan climate activist speaks out from hiding

The situation in Afghanistan remains dire, with many groups facing persecution at the hands of the Taliban.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

It’s time we prosecuted rogue landlords

People over property — The failure to hold unscrupulous landlords to account is denying tenants their basic dignity, writes Bella Saltiel.

  • Activism
  • Bella Saltiel

Migrant deaths at sea are a crime against humanity

In her new book, Sally Hayden gives a blistering account of the North African refugee crisis. She speaks to writer Frances Leach about the negligence of NGOs and whether the crisis in Ukraine could change attitudes towards displaced people.

  • Books
  • Frances Leach

Students are resisting the Hostile Environment at uni

Mitie must fall — A new campaign is calling on universities to sever ties with the private company that runs Britain’s immigration detention centres.

  • Activism
  • Katie Tobin

The Tories are demonising men seeking asylum

No one is illegal — The government’s Rwanda deal will not include women and children. In doing so, it seeks to stoke fear of Black and Muslim men while splitting hairs between the most vulnerable, writes Tiara Ataii.

  • Activism
  • Tiara Ataii

Hundreds gather to protest the Tories’ Rwanda plans

No to offshoring — The government’s brand new immigration deal has sparked outrage from across the political spectrum, with many branding it as cruel and inhumane.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

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