Author profile

María José Carmona

María José Carmona is a journalist, specialising in social and human rights, who contributes to various digital media outlets, including Planeta Futuro (El País), eldiario.es, El Confidencial and Público.

How to prevent a mental-health pandemic

María José Carmona

The huge toll of Covid-19 on mental health highlights the need for public investment to tackle the vast reservoir of distress.

Can Europe roll back the normalisation of precarious work for young people?

María José Carmona

After the financial crash, the pandemic has rendered the labour market for young people across Europe even more precarious than before.