Study shows wastewater cocaine is messing up marine life
As crazy as it sounds, it does add another layer to how human consumption has been impacting our planet. For as long as humans have been on this planet, our environmental impact has become innumerable. What’s worse is that many outcomes of our actions remain unbeknownst to us, pushing us...
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My takeaways from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Last month, delegates, negotiators, observers, researchers, youth advocates, and representatives from civil society convened for the 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany. Here are my main takeaways.
As I returned to Bonn during this year’s
Is vocational training the future of education?
On World Youth Skills Day, the UN has argued a changing job market calls for a new educational approach. The world looks very different from a decade ago, when I was taking my A-Levels. Now young people are leaving school to a largely thankless job market, ill-equipped to accommodate...
Will a maternity commissioner tackle Britain’s cultural problems on motherhood?
The role has yet to be finalised or filled, but the government is already facing criticism over its decision to appoint a maternity commissioner. The UK government has announced plans to appoint a maternity commissioner following ‘shocking’ failings in maternity care across England. Whoever takes on the new role...
Why several African nations are rejecting US aid
After pulling foreign assistance to African countries last year, Trump's government is again offering hundreds of millions in financial aid. But the support comes at a cost, and many nations aren't willing to pay it. Ghana is the latest African country to turn down a new funding deal from...
Record number of Gen Zers living at their family home in America
A fifth of Gen Zers are currently living with their parents or grandparents in the US, a record high according to analysis from John Burns Research and Consulting. Gen Z are turning ‘Gen Freeload,’ for the meantime. We’re all bored about hearing how oppressive the job market is: how entry-level jobs...
Parenthood is costing women their academic careers
Studies show a direct correlation between motherhood and a decline in academic tenure, with one in three women leaving academia after becoming mothers. When I was a student, I remember being struck by how many women were on my Art History course. Out of our 50-or-so cohort, I could count the men on one hand. But it was a very different picture when you looked at the staff. We had several...
Half of sexually active young people engage in ‘choking’
More than two-in-five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either strangled someone or been strangled during sex, a study shows. ‘Choking’ has become a troublingly routine part of the sexual experience for young people in the UK. A study conducted by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) suggests that 43% of sexually active teenagers between 16 and 17 years old have experienced it, while more than half under...
FIFA overturning Balogun ban will be the lasting mark of Trump’s World Cup
Amongst blocked visas, overseas conflict, and soaring ticket prices, this year’s tournament has been marred by US politics. But Trump’s latest intervention in a FIFA red card ruling signals an ugly future for the beautiful game. The World Cup has always been political. By its very nature, a tournament that unites the globe has played out amidst international unrest, dictatorships, corruption scandals, and much more. But those moments have always existed...
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship
As part of a broader push against immigration, the Trump administration attempted to restrict the nation’s longstanding birthright citizenship policy. Yet, in a turn of events, the bid was ultimately rejected by the Supreme Court. The moment we’re born, we automatically become citizens of a particular country. Beyond carrying multiple identification cards or even a passport, many of us rarely stop to consider what citizenship truly means or how it...
