Welfare and Social Issues

In a capitalist world that often encourages blame and abandonment, how can we stay with injury and adapt?

Amid pressure to phase out coal, workers, mining unions, and locals in Poland’s Silesia are demanding a socially and economically just transition.

What pushes electorates to vote far-right? Many answers have been put forward, but a unifying factor could be care.

How does a municipality regain control of its land? An interview with Martijn Balster of The Hague and Rik Thijs of Eindhoven.

At the centre of Hungary’s clashes with the EU is the former’s “Child Protection” act. It is dividing society and creating uncertainty.

The Grand Paris Express promises better connectivity for the French capital. However, for Roma squatters and slum residents, it has meant evictions.

Matteo Mandelli, Taube Van Melkebeke, and Philippe Pochet build alliances towards climate-adapted welfare states.

Inspiration for decarbonising industry and creating green jobs is within the hands of those already facing precarity.

Protecting creative workers can cement an inclusive European identity and equip us with the imagination needed to fight climate change.

As national politics turns right, a fresh push for drugs decriminalisation and legal regulation is coming from the cities.