Opinion
Is surfing plagued with a racist streak?
Error in the Code — Beneath the brotherhood and bonhomie, is surfing tinged with a race problem? Tetsuhiko Endo is ready to ask questions.
Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo
A do-it-yourself guide to the world’s favourite new food trend: The coffee cocktail
Huck x Tia Maria — The world is going insane and it’s getting cold. Console yourself with these lovely winter warmers guaranteed to get you in a festive mood.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Anti-Semitism is not anti-Zionism and it's time we all accept it
From where I stand — It’s time we talked about anti-Semitism - and not just on the British left. When anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are branded together, the consequences are dangerous.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Britain's refusal to grant asylum and the hypocrisy of "safety"
From where I stand — Not a day goes by that students and women's groups aren't mocked by the right-wing press and liberal thinkers for creating safe-spaces, environments in which some danger and oppression can be kept at bay. Safe spaces are derided by those who have the luxury of safety already.
Written by: Shone Faye
Has the world hit compassion fatigue for Syria’s refugees?
Empathy reserves on empty — An anti-refugee backlash seems to sweeping the globe, reflected in media coverage and government policy. Adam White asks what has happened to our collective sympathy and concern for the human rights of refugees?
Written by: Adam White
Oxi, outrage and optimism: what is life like for young, creative Greeks today?
Thoughts after a year of Syriza — A year ago, Greece’s first radical left government promised to end austerity. They failed. But has anything changed? Skaters, street artists, illustrators and photographers explain the situation through their eyes.
Written by: Alex King
The A-list celebrities and their terrorist, dictator and druglord superfans
Iron fisted obsessions — Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin El Chapo blew his cover flirting with a telenovela starlet. But he joins a long list of murderous psychopaths - from Osama bin Laden to Kim Jong Il - with an embarrassing celebrity obsession.
Written by: Adam White
Expert view: UK government’s legal highs ban is a joke
Do we even know what we’re banning? — The UK government’s proposed Psychoactives Bill attempts to ban all ‘legal highs’. It will never work, explains Jason Reed, spokesperson at LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
Written by: Alex King
Thomas Piketty on the secret behind the rise of ISIS: Inequality
Radical economist turns the terror debate on its head — It’s not ideology, Islam or radicalism that fuels ISIS; it’s poverty, control of oil wealth by corrupt rulers and a lack of positive opportunities, argues Thomas Piketty.
Written by: Alex King
World leaders collaborate on pro-war charity Christmas single 'Bomb The World' (kinda)
A depressingly accurate spoof — Comedy group Mother's Best Child and online magazine Don't Panic team up to a produce a video that exposes warmongering politicians and token festive philanthropy in one swoop.
Written by: Shelley Jones