Opinion

#BlackLivesMatter is our collective battle
Opinion

#BlackLivesMatter is our collective battle

Oprah's call for a 'leader' is so last year — In a new era of global activism, are celebrity leaders a thing of the past?

Written by: Dipo Faloyin

The end of Google Glass and other bizarre inventions that never took off
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The end of Google Glass and other bizarre inventions that never took off

What were they thinking? — Products and inventions that show how not all technology is in the name of progress.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Rallying to raise awareness of Nigerian tragedy
Opinion

Rallying to raise awareness of Nigerian tragedy

I am Charlie but I am Baga too — Why did newspapers react in horror to the Charlie Hebdo attacks but barely comment on the recent atrocities in Nigeria?

Written by: Shelley Jones

Luxury London is a vision of hell
Opinion

Luxury London is a vision of hell

Ads for high-rise flats get creepier and creepier — What kind of future do we want for our cities if elitism and sexism helps sell 'The Dream'?

Written by: Michael Fordham

How can we stop the Charlie Hebdo attacks deepening divisions?
Opinion

How can we stop the Charlie Hebdo attacks deepening divisions?

Combatting Islamophobia and the far-right — In the wake of the Paris shootings, Huck asks how we can come together to move beyond hatred.

Written by: Alex King

Don't let Charlie Hebdo become a fearmonger's tool
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Don't let Charlie Hebdo become a fearmonger's tool

Is our freedom really under threat? — The murder of 12 people at French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7 was not the act of a world-conquering empire, says Tetsuhiko Endo. Beware the man - or woman - who tells you otherwise.

Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo

Cameron's 'bro' chat reveals how out of touch he is
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Cameron's 'bro' chat reveals how out of touch he is

Politicians' desperate lingo — When Cameron describes how Obama calls him 'bro' he is desperately trying to stay relevant to a generation who is tired of his shit. Michael Fordham explains.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Cop shoots black man and gets away with it. When will the injustice end?
Opinion

Cop shoots black man and gets away with it. When will the injustice end?

The weak and the powerful — In the aftermath of Ferguson's grand jury decision on Michael Brown's shooting, Ted Endo dynamites whatever crumb's left of the mythologised American dream.

Written by: Ted Endo

Why the Grand Jury have failed to bring justice in Ferguson
Opinion

Why the Grand Jury have failed to bring justice in Ferguson

Have we learned nothing since Rodney King? — Huck asks US police brutality experts if victims will ever get justice and what needs to change to end the violence.

Written by: Alex King

Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture
Opinion

Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture

Jim Jarmusch, The Julie Ruin, Magik Markers and more — Is the spirit of the Lower East Side's anti-capitalist underground still alive?

Written by: Byron Coley

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