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Drugs, video games and mental health: what is and isn’t relevant to the gun control debate
The pro-gun lobby in the United States likes to say “guns don’t kill people; people kill people”. This is true, but irrelevant: the point is that people who want to kill other people find it much easier to do so when th...
WATCH: Best Graduation Speech By Far
Let’s be honest graduation ceremonies are hot, boring, sweaty and unnecessarily long. After 3 or 4 years of complicated and arduous study, it feels like some sort of punishment, rather than the intended purpose of being a...
Why We Should Encourage U-Turns by Politicians
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...
San Juan Copala, Oaxaca: Rich in Natural Resources but Poor in Indigenous Rights
“Aquí nadie se rinde” This was the phrase of many pamphlets of the Triqui indigenous group in the center of Oaxaca, Mexico, who are living in tents next to the Oaxaca’s City Hall in protest at being violently displaced ...
Managing the Hajj: Pilgrimage and the Politics of Race and Class
On Monday I flew from London Heathrow to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a journey I have made countless times. This time around, however, the atmosphere was different. I had chosen to fly during the busiest time of the year in Saudi Ara...
The Gambia Quits British Commonwealth, Calling It ‘Extension of Colonialism’
The tiny West African State of The Gambia has announced via state television that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations, a fellowship of 54 countries that are mainly former colonies of the British Empire. A statemen...
