Radu Andrei Pârvulescu COVID-19 has already been used as a pretext for political manoeuvres, and we should expect more. An important area to watch is judicial appointments, which have gained salience as judges have become catalysts of social change by ruling [...]

John Holmwood The shift from the direct public funding of higher education to fee-based funding supported by student loans was supposed to put university finances on a stable footing and remove them from politics. Yet, after Covid-19, it is clear that [...]

Marcelo Carvalho Loureiro Brazil as a nation-state encompasses diverse and opposed socio-economic realities which co-exist in neighbouring territories, but do not share the same national reality. A 25-minute drive separates the neighbourhood of Rio das Pedras - an urban favela founded [...]

Laurence Cox In the midst of the virus, locked away in separate houses, our computer screens are filled with visions of a better world. Our inboxes and social media feeds are bombarded with stories about how the virus shows us that [...]

Robin Finlay, Matthew C Benwell and  Peter Hopkins Over recent weeks and months, the complexity of the Covid-19 crisis has become clearer with wide-reaching and severe societal implications. Of particular concern, are the impacts on already marginalised groups, who invariably become [...]

Angelo Martins Junior It has been almost a month since the governor of São Paulo decreed a state of emergency and social isolation measures. At the time, I was in a city in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, [...]

From the WHO to Piers Morgan, Millennials are being blamed for not taking coronavirus seriously. This is not unusual for Millennials, who must have become used to being blamed for their generation being left behind. Can’t buy a house? Stop [...]

Ruth Patrick, Kayleigh Garthwaite, and Maddy Power There is already evidence emerging that although the COVID-19 pandemic will affect us all, it will affect us in markedly different ways. Families with dependent children are likely to be adversely affected by the [...]

Lotika Singha and Sarbjit Johal People doing precarious work in a variety of industries are grappling with many similar issues due to lack of an immediate income under current lockdown conditions. But on digging deeper, race, ethnicity, gender and citizenship status [...]

Ala'a Shehabi and Mai Abu Moghli As the days roll on, like soup, and the future is foggy, the perpetual present is a struggle between stagnation, continuity and change. We have all the time, and no time at all. Our mortality stares [...]

Gurminder K Bhambra Many discussions of Brexit, in the light of Covid-19, have called for a pause in proceedings because of concerns about its impact upon an economy seriously weakened by the pandemic. Some of the issues highlighted include the need [...]

Thomas Roberts It is now an undisputed fact that COVID-19 emerged as a direct result of human society’s unsustainable and dysfunctional relationship with the environment. But it also represents a potential opportunity to explore novel ways we can reduce our impact [...]

Richard Tutton To mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-19, governments have forced far-reaching changes to our early 21st century lives. Many of the things people value and enjoy doing – shopping, tourism, watching sport, even having drinks with friends – have been [...]

Hannah Bradby The rules of engagement have been queered by Covid-19. During March and April 2020, as Europeans adjust to the restrictions of living with a pandemic, old certainties are shifting under our feet. When restrictions were imposed in March, adaption to [...]

Mike Sheaff As I write this, on Sunday 19th April, the number of Covid-19 patients who died in UK hospitals has risen to 16,060. Many more lives have ended in care homes, hospices and at home. Every one of them has [...]

Geof Rayner Covid-19 has been described as a ‘once in a century event’, a pointer to the 1918 influenza outbreak, with its 50-100 million dead. While this metaphor is used to expose its significance and the lack of public health [...]

Cleovi C. Mosuela “Care workers call Canada our home. We work hard to help kids and the elderly, and do all the work in the house. We ask the government to help us to meet our needs too. Many of us [...]

Miranda Armstrong Recognition that the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities is increasing, including perspectives that disparate experiences of the crisis are raced as well as gendered. One group of women whose challenges are currently exacerbated in  hidden ways are single mothers. Mostly [...]

Benedetta Zocchi Until a few months ago, I could firmly argue that, as a white Italian woman, I had never been the victim of any discrimination that could be even slightly associated with racism. From March 7th 2020, this statement could [...]

Laia Bécares and James Nazroo Recent headlines have identified alarming ethnic inequities in COVID19 infections and related deaths. UK data come from a report by The Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre, which showed that 35% of COVID19 related admissions [...]