Last week in Madrid, Catalan politician Alfred Bosch stood before Spain’s Congress and asked for a moment of silence [es] for a man some in the Chamber don’t want to remember – Lluís Companys. In 1940, f...
We all know that there are many people in the world who live in poverty. Poverty has become a part of people’s lives even in the most cosmopolitan of cities – but only because we hear about it so much and are urged ...
With over 33,000 branches worldwide, over one million employees, an average of 58 million guests per day and an estimated annual revenue of $30 billion, it is one of the biggest and most successful transnational companies. No m...
Recently, the Spinelli Group – a group of federalist MEPs – published a text on a new ‘Fundamental Law’ for the EU. In a recent blog, MEPs Guy Verhofstadt and Andrew Duff called for a more federal Europe, with the Commi...
The income gap between rich and poor in the UK has been growing over the past 30 years. Today British inequality has reached its highest levels seen since World War II. Despite this, British people are unaware of how serious i...
The Gilded Age was one of the darkest periods in history for the common industrial worker. Extreme wealth in the hands of a few, a lack of industrial regulation, and ruthless laissez faire markets all conspired to oppress an en...
“Do we do enough? Difficult to say. I think we are doing the right thing.” Anders Zeijlon of the World Bank discusses the complex relationship between human rights and development from the perspectives of individuals, state...
Conviction politicians are applauded while those who flip flop around issues or commit U-turns are lambasted for not being decisive enough. This second sort are not leaders who inspire confidence in the electorate. But why is t...
Amidst the Westgate attack and terrorist threats to Kenya hundreds of tourism industry experts converged in Kenya to converse about green tourism. Events and management groups, travelers, conservationists, hoteliers, tours and ...