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A Waste of Help: An Insight into Aid and Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 1, 2019 | by Takudza Mazwienduna | 0 Comments

Within Sub-Saharan Africa, aid money is siphoned off by those with power. This corruption must be challenged at every step of the process. Read more

What’s Behind Britain’s Resistance to Multilingualism?

April 29, 2019 | by Ralph Leonard | 0 Comments

Multilingualism is the norm for most of the world, and yet Britain falls so far behind in both tolerance of this and in reluctance to learn other languages. Read more

Kiss the Ring: Trump as the Mafia Godfather of the United States

April 27, 2019 | by Joe James Davis | 0 Comments

Donald Trump has often been called a dictator, but if anything he’s closer to a mafia godfather. We must denounce the behaviour of strong men like him. Read more

Sold to the Lowest Bidder

April 25, 2019 | by Emma Chesworth | 0 Comments

"The stance that prostitution, sanitised with the term 'sex work', is a viable career route normalises and endorses women as commodities to be bought." Read more

It’s Not Immigrants Taking Jobs – It’s Automation

April 23, 2019 | by Joe James Davis | 0 Comments

It’s time to talk about what’s really changing the face of the global jobs market. Not immigration - automation. More importantly, we need to talk about the new opportunities it just may bring up… Read more

Is the Nation State Still Fit for Purpose?

April 22, 2019 | by Katie Barker | 0 Comments

Nation States are losing control of their borders, their laws and their economies. Do they still have a role to play in the future of the world? Read more

Meet the Experts Training Police in the UK on Trans Issues

April 12, 2019 | by Elsa Egret | 0 Comments

Why are police intervening to tell the public what we are permitted to think while those paid to influence the police threaten women with impunity? Read more

America’s Cultural Phobia of the N-Word

April 11, 2019 | by Gabriel Andrade | 0 Comments

After a professor at Ausburg University was suspended for pronouncing the word in quoting James Baldwin's work, could our culture use more introspection? Read more

Women Are Not Ambassadors for Their Sex, Even Theresa May

April 9, 2019 | by Emma Chesworth | 0 Comments

Women in power are seen as representing all women and are criticized for their actions as such. It's time women are treated as humans, not just as women. Read more

Why Atheists Struggle to Come Out in Africa and Beyond

April 3, 2019 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

People who do not believe in God are the oldest and most persecuted minority in the world and still face great struggles in coming out. Atheists marked an international atheist day on March 23. This date has been set aside to highlight the struggles of atheists worldwide. People who do not believe in God are […] Read more

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