Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson delivering his speech at the Conservative party conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester. Peter Byrne/PA Images. All rights reserved.Several recent events at the heart of Britain's state and government suggest that the country's failure to come to terms with its post-imperial position in the world is turning critical….
Month: March 2019
Jessie Paege Shares What It’s Really Like To Have Social Anxiety
People who like things neat and tidy often say they have OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. The easily distracted sometimes complain of “being” ADD, or attention deficit disorder. And those of us who are introverted may complain of feeling social anxiety at a party. But, most of the time, these people are simply having normal reactions…
A crack in history? – a conversation between two recent UK Labour party recruits
Birmingham Momentum activist day – March, 2017. Flickr/ Gwydion M.Williams. Some rights reserved.Like many of the political events of recent years, the surge in support for Labour under Jeremy Corbyn at the UK general election was supposed to be ‘impossible’ until it happened. Soon after the election, Dougald Hine and Keith Kahn Harris began this…
A New Key For Helping Those With Dementia – Memories Of Baseball
Dementia can be caused by a number of diseases, but the most common is Alzheimer’s, which affects 5.7 million people in the U.S. today. There’s still a stigma attached to the disease, some fear that it’s contagious, while others are ashamed to admit that a friend or family member is quietly suffering. One of the most…
There’s An Easy Solution To Curbing Hate Online, And It Has To Do With Porn
In the aftermath of violence that left one dead in Charlottesville, VIRGINIA, in early August, the web hosting service GoDaddy shut down The Daily Stormer, the white supremacist website that promoted the rally there. Many outlets reacted to the decision with applause, while others posited that the decision set a dangerous precedent, threatening the free speech…
Conflict prevention: will the United Nations return to its roots?
The "The Knotted Gun" by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward sits outside of the United Nations in New York City. The scultpure was a gift from Luxembourg to the UN in 1988. Photo: Tim Brakemeier/PA Images. All rights reserved.The United Nations’ charter, the global body’s founding document, defines its purpose ambitiously: “to save succeeding generations…
Watch: Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix Discusses The Pressure On Women Athletes
“What does it take to be a successful female athlete? You have to have the complete package,” says six-time gold medalist Allyson Felix in a new video from UNINTERRUPTED. The Olympic track and field star discusses the issues facing women in sports, including the pressure outside of their sport and the lack of recognition….
The erosion of Dutch democracy
Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders. Dutch Government Information Service.As the Dutch election campaign, swayed by far-right leader Geert Wilders, draws to a close, parties set to gain a near-majority in parliament have made proposals threatening the rule of law: bills on denaturalisation and digital privacy that pose threats to individual rights have been…
South L.A. Students Are Helping This Museum Collect Data About Climate Change
Libby Ellwood has one big goal: to make science less intimidating. “I never felt intimidated by science because I was just more interested than intimidated, but people can feel like it’s too complicated,” she says. Ellwood is an ecologist and research fellow at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum in Los Angeles, home to…
Lebanon in the eye of the regional storm
A member of Lebanese militant party Hezbollah is seen at the Lebanese-Israeli borders, in Lebanon on April 20, 2017. Xinhua/SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.Hizbollah are defiant. They know that the regular Lebanese armed forces are weak and that most Lebanese, mindful of the horror show next door in Syria, think that the Shia militia…