In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it. We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal...
In May 2014, a natural disaster the size of which officials claim hasn’t been seen in over 120 years hit Serbia and Bosnia, when a huge low-pressure cloud system hovered over the region shedding three-months worth or rain...
Nigel Farage and his party UKIP (UK Independence Party) have a point about the EU (European Union) being a flawed institution. It is definitely undemocratic. The influential technocrats in the EU’s executive branch, the Europ...
DeLisle Worrell, the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, recently took a controversial decision to not invite The Nation newspaper to any events at the state institution. The move was in reaction to a report in the is...
“People are not stupid, they are simply misinformed” The short attention span of current media is overwhelmingly frustrating. In our age of constant connectivity, it appears that the values of consistency, genuine interest ...
Much has been said about the many and various benefits and dangers of globalisation. From multiculturalism, to cultural homogenisation and neo-colonialism, it’s a complex and often thorny issue. In theory, globalisation shoul...
Earlier this week a UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo, told the press she believes that the UK has a ‘sexist culture’; particularly when it comes to the portrayal of women in the media. A professor in public law ...
Homsi hamburgers, besieged sweets, tenacious pizza… This is how the people of Homs are referring to their meals these days, 24 months into a siege that has forced them to eat whatever they can find. From the grass that grows ...
There is an air of inevitability surrounding a second bid for the White House from Hillary Clinton. In her Twitter bio, she reels off her accomplishments as “First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, US Senator...