The North Korea non-starter
Today’s North Korea is not Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The latter was inspected by the UN on multiple occasions with the full knowledge of the regime that no doomsday weapons would be uncovered. The...
Category: Politics
Disabled people and London’s Uber problem
Being disabled or chronically ill can be pretty exhausting. From the moment you wake up, there are battles to fight that non-disabled people don’t take into account. Will the energy it takes to...
You won’t believe what Russia’s weaponizing now
It’s a well known fact that Russia can make a weapon out of virtually anything. Give a Russian kid a box of crayons and a stick of gum, and the little brat will make a nuclear warhead by the time...
In-work poverty at shameful levels in the UK
As a new £10 note comes into circulation today, the Independent reports that, thanks to Brexit, it is “15 percent smaller, and 16 percent less valuable” than its predecessor. Worth just £8.60...
Don’t turn Jemele Hill into another casualty of the Trump Administration
In the Trump era, things previously thought unimaginable in the United States have become politics as usual, but the uproar over ESPN reporter Jemele Hill has managed to plumb new depths, and charged...
How Donald can solve the North Korea Crisis
Are you worried about North Korea nuking you in your sleep? Is Weird Al Yankovic’s “Christmas at Ground Zero” playing on a loop in your head these days? Never fear! The sentient...
No human being is illegal: The US’s DACA shame
After saying that 'they shouldn't be very worried,' Donald Trump delivered a blow to people living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a policy from the...
Hurricane Harvey has grim disaster planning lessons for disabled people
Hurricane Harvey has been at the top of the news all around the world this week. The devastation seen in Texas has left homes underwater and people wading down streets with their entire lives...
Be careful who you call a ‘Nazi collaborator’
Charlottesville woke many Americans up to the painful, terrifying truth that Nazis do indeed exist in modern America, they are employing violence, and they are growing in strength, numbers,...
Fear and devastation in deadly Spanish attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils
There is something particularly frightening about the people who turn a car or a lorry into a weapon. These are everyday objects that we see and do not generally fear and yet, in moments, they...