We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
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‘As a disabled journalist, I wanted disabled people’s voices to be heard’
Ruth F Hunt interviews FRANCES RYAN about her new book dissecting the impacts of austerity
Frances Ryan
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
JOURNALIST Frances Ryan, recently longlisted on the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, has for the past seven years reported for the Guardian on what is really happening to disabled people due to austerity.
In doing so, she has provided an ongoing reality check to the lies, slurs and misleading remarks coming from Iain Duncan Smith, Esther McVey, Amber Rudd and others.
In recent years she has been focusing on individual lives. Those people with disabilities facing multiple cuts coming from all directions.
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