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12 Nov 2014 5 minute read

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Clickbait and stereotypes: media coverage of the DR Congo

Virgil Hawkins decries the media’s ease of conscience when it comes to attracting readers.

5 Nov 2014 3 minute read

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Time to put an end to rip-off culture

Kate Smurthwaite battles the lure of capitalist-driven advertising and calls for a change.

8 Jul 2014 3 minute read

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Four million in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan

A dispatch from aid worker Rosie Crowther at Christian Aid who warns of a growing emergency largely ignored...

7 Jul 2014 3 minute read

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The big Serbian information shutdown

Repression, self-censorship and the state funding of media have silenced Serbian journalists critical of the government,...

Cupcakes can fuck off

1 Jul 2014 2 minute read

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Cupcakes can fuck off

Our new columnist Kate Smurthwaite tires of weird infantilizing representations of women.

6 Jun 2014 4 minute read

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Sudan’s commitment to freedom is a joke

Human rights abuses, such as the case of Meriam Ibrahim, keep piling up, says Nahla Mahmoud.

1 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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What the US made of Thomas Picketty

Mark Engler reports on reactions to a surprise best seller.

28 May 2014 4 minute read

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We need to look past, not at, disability

People living with disability face fear, prejudice and awkwardness in their interactions with others, says Koren...

29 Apr 2014 4 minute read

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Do violent images obscure the humanity of people in the Middle East?

Photographs depicting extremism in the conflict-stricken region widen the gap between 'us' and 'them', argues Jose...

1 Apr 2014 2 minute read

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Columnists can damage your health

Why Steve Parry doesn't like newspaper columnists.

31 Mar 2014 4 minute read

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The BBC having Clegg and Farage debate immigration is a bad-taste joke

It’s like asking whether you should beat your wife weekly or daily,
complains Kate Smurthwaite.

27 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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The beginning of the end for the fossil-fuel spin machine

Jamie Kelsey-Fry on why the desperate measures being taken by the pro-fracking lobby will fail.

20 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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$500,000 a week? For kicking a football around?

Money has turned the beautiful game ugly, says Alan Hughes.

3 Mar 2014 5 minute read

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‘You need a thick skin to cope with disability’

Other people’s comments can be devastating – but a Twitter campaign is exposing the ‘able’ world’s prejudices and ignorance....

27 Feb 2014 2 minute read

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PHOTO ESSAY: music to my ears

In the second installment of our mini photo series on ‘local community projects’, Angie Davila shines a light...

17 Feb 2014 2 minute read

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PHOTO ESSAY: a sense of company

David Severn captures the connection between young people and their surroundings through dance.

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