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Democracy in America, part 4: What's wrong with the Supreme Court?
Why the president and members of Congress are as fearful as they are now of criticizing a politicized Court which behaves as badly as this one does, is difficult to understand.American democracy has...
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On election day, let Texas voters tip their hats to Hong Kong
On November 4, long lines of unarmed Texas voters can salute American democracy’s counterparts and admirers abroad simply by showing up in huge numbers at the polls.Fort Worth Texas Coalition of Black...
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El Salvador: crisis of masculinity in a machista society
Unless the crisis of masculinity in El Salvador is directly tackled, no effort on behalf of women’s organizations will be able to reduce the levels of violence against women that take place in the...
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Ebola, human rights, and poverty – making the links
The Ebola crisis shows the necessity of a human rights approach to public health that focuses on discrimination and accountability, and the crisis itself has been driven by deep inequities in access to...
View ArticleLatin American progressives and environmental duplicity
What governments must do, now more than ever, is decisively leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects, resist the short-termist temptation of a fossil fuel fix. Over the past sixteen years,...
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Why the Fixed-term Parliaments Act should not be repealed
The Coalition introduced the Fixed Term Parliaments Act in 2011. Now some Conservative MPs want to repeal the Act. But Fixed Term Parliaments are good for UK democracy.Flickr/Simonj.se6. Some rights...
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Is there any hope for gender equality in football?
Too often in football, sexist remarks are dismissed as 'banter'. But in truth, the beautiful game needs to face up to the ugly reality of its sexism.Players during the qualifying round of the 2015 FIFA...
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NHS boss Stevens and the TTIP 'trade' lobbyists who threaten our NHS
New NHS boss Simon Stevens ducks questions about his alleged connection to pro-TTIP treaty lobbyists pushing to open the NHS up further to profiteering US companies. Health is worth trillions to...
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For Generation P, Putin is Russia
Putin has successfully managed to persuade his fellow citizens that he and Russia is one and the same. 7 October, Vladimir Putin's birthday, is not yet a national holiday, although the media goes into...
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Combating trafficking requires addressing social inequality: Q&A | Part III
Many factors drive the current trafficking industry, but its fundamental root is human poverty. To address this means to tackle the structural inequalities of our globalised world through 'pro-poor'...
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The foodbank dilemma
Are food banks just papering over the cracks of a broken benefits system?A food package (illustration: Lottie Stoddart)“The Trussell Trust partners with churches and communities to open new foodbanks...
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After inspiring fossil fuel divestment, will South Africa's own campaign...
South Africa’s carbon emissions rank among the worst in the world. So why is there debate about a fossil fuel divestment movement which may be close to a transformative victory?Koeberg nuclear power...
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Democracy in America, part 5: What's wrong with Congress?
Obstructive members of Congress blame others, of course, the president in particular, but the failing institution in America’s constitutional system is Congress itself. Power has shifted. American...
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New NHS plans - forward view, frightening, or fudge?
The new NHS plans published yesterday ask for £8bn - more than any of the big three parties are offering - and offer £22bn of savings. But we've heard such promises before - where will they come...
View ArticleWhen the US chooses terrorism
IS was created by lack of justice, dignity and governance. Instead of tackling these root issues, the US chose to target the outcomes through brutal terrorism to maintain its hegemonic power structure...
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Can the Arab world defeat ISIS?
What will three forces contribute to the defeat of ISIS: Arab autocrats, moderate Islamist groups and secular democratic protest movements - the first initiators of the Arab Revolt? We can discount the...
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The French art world is on strike - why aren't we?
The fight to defend the artists' wage is raging across France, yet today in the UK we believe the arts should be a market-driven competition. A living wage for performers feels a long way off.Credit:...
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Oxford Real Farming Conference: power, lies, and the need for agrarian...
As thousands rely on food banks to make it through the winter and another dairy crisis threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers, the co-founder of the Oxford Real Farming Conference examines...
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30 years on: Ethiopia and the business of hunger
30 years after images of Ethiopian famine haunted British TV screens, they still shape how we see Africa - and ensure we fail to understand.It’s 30 years since Michael Buerke’s harrowing report of a...
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Moscow’s young Muslims might be tomorrow’s militants
A recent clash with the police is a sign of the alienation felt by some young men from Moscow’s Muslim community. The incident at Moscow’s Historical Mosque on 26 September, when angry parishioners...
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