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Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups
Dozens of leaked documents from Amazon’s Global Security Operations Center reveal the company’s reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on warehouse workers and the extensive monitoring of labor unions, environmental activists, and other social movements.
U.K. Tech Workers Launch First National Effort to Unionize Tech Industry
Echoing the concerns of worker activists in Silicon Valley, employees of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in the U.K., are joining the first union branch exclusively for tech workers in the country, which launched Tuesday.
Wear a Face Mask and Don't Kiss: The New UK Sex Guidelines During Coronavirus
Advice from sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust also recommends that partners wash their hands before and after intercourse.
Cat Found 12 Years After It Got Lost
The pet went missing in 2008 while its owners were on vacation in Scotland.
U.K. Immigration Lawyers Fought a Racist Algorithm and Won
In the first case of its kind, the U.K. government has stopped using an automated system that discriminated against visa applicants based on their nationality.
Police Officer Suspended After Being Filmed Kneeling On a Black Man's Neck In London
The handcuffed suspect can repeatedly be heard shouting "Get off my neck."
What It Was Like Working at a Pub the First Night After Lockdown
Unsurprisingly, people did not observe the "no shouting" rule.
Britain Has Offered Citizenship Rights to 3 Million Hong Kongers to Escape Beijing's Rule
Under new rules, eligible Hong Kong residents can live and work in the UK for five years, then apply for settled status, and then for citizenship.
How London Has Changed Over 25 Years, Through the Eyes of a Drug Dealer
Eric survived a tough childhood to run cocaine sales in a string of north London pubs and bars. Along the way, he's seen the capital transformed by gentrification and new drug cultures. This is his story.
Vivid Photos of Queer Nightlife from When You Could Party Indoors
The clubs might be closed, but Benoit Berthe Siward's photography is an evocative throwback to happier pre-lockdown days.
With Brexit Won, Black Lives Matter Is the Next Battle in the Far-Right's Culture War
The BLM movement shouldn't have to fight a culture war, but the far-right and the UK's nationalist government are intent on dragging it into one.
Far-Right Demonstrators Got Drunk and Attacked Police While 'Defending' a Statue in London
Fuelled by alcohol and, in some cases, openly taking drugs, groups of white men stood by the Winston Churchill statue, which had been boarded up earlier this week.