Polarisation: How Social Media is Dividing Us
Social Media: how is it dividing us?
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15/11/2020
A Lifeline: Free School Meals
In October 2020, a motion to provide 1.4 million disadvantaged children in England with food vouchers during the school holidays was voted down by the UK government. However, the fight against child hunger in the UK is not a new issue.
13/11/2020
Endgame: The US Presidential Election
A global pandemic and economic crisis. Two contrasting visions of a future America. The stage is set for the most contested elections in recent US history. In an election with implications for decades to come, which of the two candidates is most compelling?
01/11/2020
Feast or Famine: The BBC and Its Gender Pay Gap
The new decade has seen a renaissance for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Yet, in 2020, the BBC serves as one of the best cautionary tales of equal pay to date, one of doing too much and yet too little.
24/10/2020
Job Creation and Reforestation: Pakistan’s Effort to Plant 10 Billion Trees
In 2016, PTI’s Imran Khan pledged to plant a billion trees in Pakistan’s poorest province. Now, Pakistan is on track to exceed that goal tenfold, and drastically reduce poverty while doing so. So, what did Pakistan do right, and could it be emulated elsewhere?
19/10/2020
Autonomy & Consent: Do You Know Your Rights?
Amidst a global pandemic, seeking clarification over healthcare rules is as important as ever. What actually is the law governing medical rights in the UK? What can we learn from its historical development about what the future will look like?
13/10/2020
Post-colonial Africa: A failure of Leadership
There's an endemic deficiency on the African continent; leadership- or lack thereof. Through the tenures of Banda, Nkrumah and Nyerere, we can better understand the common themes that perpetuate and encourage poor governance.
03/09/2020
Role of Women in International Peace and Security – Is the UN Doing Enough?
The fight for real equal representation within the UN itself is one that looks very promising, the role of women in international peace and security is fundamental and finding active ways to rightfully include women should be a bigger focus within the UN
27/08/2020
Modern Concentration Camps: Uighurs’ torture
2 million Uighur Muslims are being persecuted & oppressed against their wishes as you read this whilst you cherish comfort & freedom. You raise your voice against your government for keeping you in lock down whilst your fellow human near torture?
11/08/2020
Egypt’s #MeToo Movement: Not Just a Woman’s Cause
In July 2020, a flood of accusations of sexual harassment, assault and blackmail against an affluent student has triggered Egypt's greatest, most unyielding women's revolution. Will the female community's collective voice be enough to fight the phenomenon?
09/08/2020
