Why Prague's homeless are resorting to poverty tourismHomelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in central and eastern Europe. The Guardian visited Prague, for a long time a popular destination for tourists, to see how even this sector caters for the city’s visitors - and to meet the range of people aiming to tackle the causes of homelessness in all its forms. Homelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in c...
How coral sounds can heal dying reefsThis is the sound a coral reef makes. Scientists believe playing sounds of a healthy coral reef to a dying one could save damaged corals The world has lost half its coral reefs since the 1950s due to global heating, overfishing and pollution and 14% of the Earth’s coral was lost in less than a decade between 2009 and 2018. Using underwater speakers, scientists have broadcasted the sounds of a thriving reef to degraded coral in the Caribbean. Cora...
The sorry state of asylum seeker housingThe Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester. Supported by the Elephants Trail, the group met women stuck in the asylum backlog, women traumatised by detention and women struggling to find housing. They were all volunteering in their communities, while reckoning with a hostile climate towards refugees and asyl...
How leasehold properties keep people poorBecause of laws brought in by William the Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago, a fifth of properties in England and Wales can be bought but you can never actually own them. The system is called “Leaseholding” and it’s a reality for 4.98 million properties in the UK. Leaseholding means you own your property but not the ground it sits on. It’s a system that dates back to when William the Conqueror invaded Britain, claimed all of the land...
The young Americans fighting to ban abortionSince the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, 16 states have enacted stringent bans on nearly all abortions. But that is not enough for a new generation of organised and passionate activists intent on pushing even stricter laws across the country. Carter Sherman spends time with students and organisers at the annual March for Life in Washington DC and meets the influential woman spearheading the national movement
Encountering a 200-year-old hair braid from a formerly enslaved AfricanThe remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world. Annina d...
The asylum system is failing but these women are no longer staying silentThe Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Supported by the Elephants Trail the group met women stuck in the asylum backlog, women traumatised by detention and women struggling to find housing. They were all ...
Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave tradeThe remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world. Annina decides t...