“Overbroad generalisations will not suffice to deny women whose talent and capacity place them outside the average description,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, when declaring that the Virginia Military Institute could no longer prohibit women from its ranks. Ginsburg, the second female Supreme Court Justice, was…
Today in 2020, social media usage is widespread. 88% of 18 to 29 year olds have at least one active social media account, and public figures such as the president of the United States use Twitter to publicly project their views to the world. Midway…
Barbados has decided to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by the end of 2021. No revolution, just a declaration from Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, as a step towards sovereignty to celebrate their 55th year of independence. This…
The United States remains the worst affected country with the highest number of Covid-19 cases, and the virus shows no signs of leaving. Jails and prisons continue to have large clusters of Covid-19, and frontline workers in correctional facilities continue to face many challenges. Prison’s…
October is Black History Month in the UK and we are looking for contributions from young writers as part of our campaign, Making History. 2020 has seen the biggest civil rights marches and protests in decades, following the killing of George Floyd in May. The…
The prison system in England and Wales is bursting at the seams. Punitive punishments perpetuates demand and neglects the root cause of crime. Sentence reform and investment in preventative measures must be a priority. The Sentencing White Paper will exacerbate an already desperate situation for…
It’s getting harder by the day to find any meaningful difference between the approach to national governance of Donald Trump and that of Boris Johnson. Johnson seems to be adopting the American Presidents leadership style more and more, and that’s nothing to laugh about. In…
You’ve probably seen Dettol’s most recent adverts for TfL. Photos of them have spread like wildfire on social media, and they have been discussed endlessly in the advertising industry and beyond. And all for the wrong reasons. For anyone who isn’t aware of this astonishingly…
In the latest Cormoran Strike detective series, Lethal White, on BBC One, Strike’s assistant Robin Ellacott switches from commuting by Tube to cycling into work. This, according to the series, has done wonders for her mental health. One can’t help but wonder whether, were the…
It’s not a good time to be young. The generation gap is so wide that ‘luxury’ housing developers could even start building there – fleecing students for 80% of their income, no doubt. Cynicism is an easy philosophy to adopt during this dark timeline. But…
How do you “Make America Great Again” when you’re already president? Donald Trump’s team has been grappling with this question for months, and it’s not clear whether they’ve found the answer yet. What made the MAGA slogan so popular – it adorns around a million…
The night of June 23rd 2016 is etched into most people’s mind as one of the biggest political moments in the United Kingdom’s history. Following the referendum, David Cameron resigned and he was replaced by Theresa May who also had to resign as she couldn’t…
Coronavirus has laid bare the need for countries to lose weight. Britain is no exception, with 63% of adults in the nation being overweight or obese – comprising a high-risk group which has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. To tackle this issue, the UK government’s…
When a conservative and a communist walked into a pub in the Autumn of 2015, bystanders would have been forgiven for wondering whether they were implicated in a funny joke. Yet, when David Cameron and Xi Jinping visited The Plough following a round of intensive…
Recently, Extinction Rebellion (XR) has resurfaced in the news as they resume acts of non-violent civil disobedience activism. Seventy-seven people were arrested in the wake of their blockades of national and regional newspaper printing presses earlier this month. While effective at raising the topic’s profile,…
“Rank hypocrisy” says environmentalist group Global Witness. “Absurd” says Greta Thunberg. “Unacceptable” says the British parliament’s environmental audit committee. “The opposite of sustainable development” says Ban Ki Moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. “Transformational for […] economic and social development” says UK Export Finance…
It is obvious to anyone who watches the news or spends even an iota of time surfing the ‘twittersphere’ that there are people who tout controversial opinions. The spectrum is vast; from “anti-vaxxers” to “flatearthers”, racists to homophobes, the internet holds them all. It wouldn’t…
In 2016, then presidential nominee Donald Trump was so confident in the loyalty of his supporters that he boldly claimed: ‘I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters’. Trump’s assertion has thankfully not been put…
Referendums hold attraction as exercisers of direct democracy. They transform the public from political bystanders, who often feel excluded from the elite realm of debate to a mass of empowered individuals. For a moment, voters temporarily hold the political reigns of the country and engage with…
A day before the Russian politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny collapsed – in what appears to be a case of poisoning – he was asked a dark, but common question, ‘Why aren’t you dead?’ The question is a serious one. Those who oppose Putin…