A lot was made of Geert Wilders’ chances in the Dutch general elections of March 2017. Although it was often pointed out that he would not garner 25 percent, or even 20, of the electorate, his...
Seeing the Daily Mail taking great pleasure in being smug and self-satisfied is never a good sign, and this week’s calamitous events have given it even more to gloat about than usual. When they...
The more our societies diversify into a loose network of lifeworlds, the more important it becomes to find a platform to hold them together. This common platform cannot be made out of a potpourri of...
They're here six days a week. The police are only here on Saturdays, so during the week they can do and say what they want. Anna Veglio-White, founder of Sister Supporter Ever since anti-abortion...
On Wednesday afternoon, British-born Khalid Masood drove his car across Westminster Bridge in London, mowing down a group of pedestrians, before crashing into the gate at the side of the...
Relief! The Dutch voted against xenophobe populism. A clear victory against extremism, Francois Hollande called it. The nationalist Geert Wilders didn’t win. That’s what’s making the...
This week, the European Court of Justice ruled that it was legal for companies to ban employees from wearing the hijab, as long as such a ban is part of a wider ruling prohibiting any...
Having had a Catholic education, my experience of sex education was mixed. Sometimes it was sensible, sometimes it was scientific, and sometimes the repulsion they tried to teach us about things like...
It is a bold claim, but new research carried out by the Oasis Foundation explains how the church is the predominant cause of mental health problems in the LGB community. To acknowledge that they are...
Living in the south of France in the late 1990s, I was surrounded by the burgeoning popularity of le Front national, a far-right political party founded and led by Jean-Marie Le Pen. Le Pen was an...
