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The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gaza and the US elections: Harris is a flawed but better alternative to Trump

Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy

Abortion rights activists march during a pro-choice protest following the overturn of Roe v. Wade in Washington, DC on October 8, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In the US, 2022 was a year of right-wing attacks. What lies ahead?

It’s a rocky road to a functional democratic future for the United States, but fighting injustice is a long-term task

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns

What African feminist movements are up against in 2023

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US

Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime

Seeing ‘red’: People attend a vigil in front of the US supreme court. (Brandon Bell/AFP)

Is the US supreme court bent on doing harm?

Two recent rulings by America’s apex court are profoundly troubling

NEW YORK, USA – JUNE 29: Abortion rights activists protest outside a Federalist Society event featuring former Attorney General William P. Barr at the University Club on June 29, 2022 in New York, NY, United States. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Banning abortion criminalises femininity as it does race and poverty

Unpacking the reversal of Roe v Wade and the ruling in Dobbs v Jackson reveals a pushback against gains made by women

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns

No good will come of overturning Roe v Wade

The US supreme court’s ruling on landmark abortion case will be felt most keenly by women