I spent my summer in America working with young people of colour who came from particularly disadvantaged, impoverished neighbourhoods. In the short amount of time …
Yellow Journalism and the Dangers of Desensitizing
The first thing I notice when I go onto social media is the crazy news headlines that line my newsfeed. They used to stand out …
The Rapid Spread of Social Isolation
Anyone can see that times are changing. The world is vastly different today than it was fifty, ten, even five years ago. My ninety-year-old grandmother …
How do we change the system (is it worth changing)?
this article links directly into Nadia Lee‘s other piece in this issue, named “The system has failed them – American youth of colour are being …
Africa and South America Defy the Protectionist Trend
The world has recently witnessed a rise in protectionist trends, fuelled by the rise of populist regimes in many countries. In the era of Donald …
The Kashmir Clampdown and The Demise of Democracy: Analysing India’s Move in The Valley
This week, India witnessed the alteration of the special status enjoyed by the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Along with it, India also witnessed the …
What It Means To Be Human
Humanity has become a rather complex term to define. There are constant divisions about what humanity needs to be and what it should be perceived …
The Distinction Between Official and Credible: Evaluating the High Office of Honduras
The release of court documents in recent months reveals that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been the focus of a 2015 international drug trafficking …
Has Democracy Failed?
Since the French and American Revolutions, the fall of absolute monarchies in the 19th century and the growth of Enlightenment ideals, democracy has slowly become …
The State of the World
Today we are faced with an existential crisis of a magnitude humanity has never experienced before. The Anthropocene – a new geological epoch where Earth’s …