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Responding to Finsbury: Let’s Be Honest with Ourselves

June 27, 2017 | by Jonny Gleadell | 1 Comments

If we are to prepare ourselves for the future, we must take a serious look at where the discourse around terrorism is going wrong. Read more

The Victories of LGB Rights Are an Ode to Human Dignity

June 26, 2017 | by Iona Italia | 0 Comments

At its core, LGBT rights are simply about affording all other human beings the right to live with dignity and without pain, as any of us would like to. Read more

In Plain Sight: MEND, CAGE, and So-Called “Non-Violent Extremism”

June 24, 2017 | by Lottie Moore | 2 Comments

How do we tackle the problem with MEND, CAGE, and non-violent extremism that operates just within the law, sowing division and spreading hate? Read more

Philando Castile, Police Brutality and Why Black Lives Matter

June 23, 2017 | by Joana Aziz | 0 Comments

Last week's verdict on Castile's murder has intensified justification for a dissipation of the narratives that lead police to kill innocent black civilians. Read more

“It’s Our Tradition”: Witchcraft Beliefs in African Migrant Communities

June 16, 2017 | by Leo Igwe | 0 Comments

Belief in witchcraft is a troublesome but real part of some African migrant communities, leading to issues such as child abuse and human right violations. Read more

A Plea for a Return to a More Humane Understanding of the Humanities

June 15, 2017 | by Iona Italia | 3 Comments

Politicisation I’ve often heard people argue a moral case for the inclusion of gender theory, ‘critical race’ theory and other forms of theory influenced by postmodern streams of thought on college syllabuses for the humanities. If you are sceptical about such theories, I am sometimes told, you must be sexist, racist or transphobic. This is […] Read more