For the past three weekends, central Moscow has resembled more of a warzone than a quickly developing modern metropolis. Tens of thousands of people have been peacefully protesting in the street...
Michael Buerk is a 73-year-old British newsreader who railed against obese people in his latest article for the Radio Times. “The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us,” he wrote....
It seems that President Donald J. Trump is getting a lot of blame lately for things going wrong in our society. Hateful rhetoric followed by a mass shooting? Greater societal polarization followed by...
A lot has been written about the American culture war. As the country rips itself apart, the general mainstream thought is that Republicans, particularly in the new age of Trump, have abandoned any...
In 2017, having already implemented swingeing cuts to people on benefits, former Chancellor George Osborne decided that families should be punished a little bit more. He put in place a limit to the...
“Where someone takes a picture under a person’s clothing without their permission” – this is the official description of the term “upskirting” given to the public by gov.uk, the British...
A new British political party leader has been making the news. Boris Johnson was elected (in a pretty undemocratic way, but such is the policy of the party) to lead the Conservative Party and,...
As the collective furor over the Mueller testimony yesterday illustrated, the American public still cares about the lawless, corrupt, ruthless imperial presidency and all that's attached to it. What...
In a recent Foreign Affairs cover story, Fareed Zakaria attempts to answer the question: “what happened to the American Century?” This sober and prescient piece of writing begins with:...
Recent research has found that business leaders are wary of hiring disabled people in senior roles. In a display of blatant disablism, the most prevalent reason for not hiring disabled people include...