Environment Shop for Britain and doom humanity Consumerism is killing the planet. Everybody knows it, but nobody in power is willing to seriously engage with this fact because they can’t imagine any alternative.
Spotlight Spotlight: Pennfields & Merridale COVID Action Group This issue, we look at Pennfields & Merridale COVID Action Group's approach to mutual aid in Wolverhampton.
Environment We need a green recovery from coronavirus CAROL HYATT lays out the case for a divestment (not investing in polluters) policy in Wolverhampton.
Lifestyle Meet the Wolverhampton artist turning NHS letters into an art installation We sat down (virtually) with local artist Hannah Taylor to discuss her new project.
Education Let’s fight educational inequality with, uuh…proper funding, not causing thousands of deaths We must be suspicious of arguments suggesting the end of lockdown is solely for children's benefit.
Spotlight Spotlight: Telephone Befriending & Social Prescribing We speak to a volunteer at Wolverhampton Social Prescribing's Telephone Befriending Service.
News “Keep Schools Closed Until It’s Safe” open letter to City of Wolverhampton Council reaches 1000 signatures in 24 hours The letter calls on local council leader Ian Brookfield to wait until 5 the key tests set by the National Education Union are met before allowing local schools to reopen.
Spotlight Spotlight: Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary This issue we look at City of Sanctuary, which supports refugees and asylum seekers.
Spotlight Spotlight: Zebra Access Today we look at how Zebra Access are supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Wolverhampton.
Lockdown Why did the law stop our protest while allowing schools and workplaces to reopen? If our pro-lockdown protest was banned on safety grounds, how do you justify ending lockdown?
Lockdown Opening primary schools isn't about education – it's babysitting to get you back to work Opening primary schools for younger years isn't necessary when the risks are so high.
Coronavirus No, the UK's high death rate is not because of population density: look at Vietnam Our death rate is the second highest in the world. Cherry picking information won't escape this.
Lockdown The government has made lockdown as miserable as possible so we will go back to work "Getting Britain back open for business" will lead to mass death, but it's also necessary to prop up our failing economic system.
Politics The Big Night In is the worst thing ever, and I feel like a lunatic for saying it The fact that we felt the need to have a "big charity fundraiser" for a disaster happening in our own country should be a source of national shame. Why are we all going along with it?
Photography "Life Under Lockdown": a photography diary A series of photos focusing on everyday life under lockdown.
Work “Calling us heroes just makes it ok when we die”: why we took to the streets for our keyworkers On Wednesday, it was Workers’ Memorial Day. Today, it is International Workers’ Day. This year, we are particularly aware of the sacrifices keyworkers are making. Thousands held a minute’s
Photography Launching…Out of Darkness' film competition! This week: "A Day In The Life of Quarantine".
Photography Photography competition winners! Feels like we started this week's competition a month ago - at long last, here are the winners!
A review of Nike Training App (in which I suggest it should be requisitioned by the state) When an awful company make a decent product, there's only one thing to do.
Health How the Government is failing people with additional needs The Coronavirus Act 2020 does not protect some of our most vulnerable.
Coronavirus The Government says it is following the science. But whose science? The Government is dodging accountability by framing political decisions as scientific ones.
Photography "Life In Lockdown": week 1 of Out of Darkness' photography competition We are looking for entries into our first ever photography competition. The theme is "On Your Doorstep”. Good luck!
Advice These are all the groups we know are offering free COVID-19 help in Wolverhampton These local organisations have heroically stepped up to help the community - please use them if you or anyone you know is in need.
Austerity The NHS should be funded through taxation, not donations If you want a picture of the future, imagine a 99-year-old on a treadmill—forever.
Austerity How austerity is undermining mutual aid Mutual aid groups set up to support communities in the face of coronavirus are finding a challenge beyond the pandemic – a social fabric torn apart by years of austerity.
