Opinion – NikeSKIMS proves price and marketing don’t make fashion sustainable
The highly anticipated fashion collab claims to be ‘disrupting the industry’, but the use of harmful synthetics suggests this ‘disruption’ is more damaging than innovating. When Nike and Kim Kardashian announced their joint brand, NikeSKIMS, the press release was polished to perfection. The companies called it ‘an incredible opportunity...
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Madagascar’s Gen Z protests signal broader global youth revolt
Madagascar is under the shadow of its largest youth-led demonstrations in decades. The protests, driven by a frustrated Gen Zers, show no signs of slowing down despite President Andry Rajoelina’s recent move to dissolve his government in an attempt to restore calm. What began as peaceful rallies in the capital,...
BBC investigation finds misogyny and racism in Met Police
An undercover journalist from the BBC worked as a detention officer in Charing Cross custody suite for seven months. Using hidden cameras, the investigation gathered video evidence of racism and misogyny within the Met Police. WARNING: This article mentions and discusses sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. An extensive investigation by...
Opinion – England’s new ‘junk food deals’ ban is misplaced
A new ‘junk food deals’ ban will come into effect in England this Wednesday, preventing supermarkets and restaurants from giving discounts on unhealthy items. The intention might be honourable, but parenting the public doesn’t tackle the root of the problem. Junk food deals in major supermarkets will be banned permanently...
Charlie Kirk’s memorial highlighted Trump’s failings among Christian America
The President’s comments were a direct contrast to the emotional words of Kirk’s widow. Will Erika Kirk be able to shift MAGA America in a new direction? Whatever you thought of the late Charlie Kirk, one had to admit that the conservative politician’s widow Erika spoke graciously at his recent...
Is Florida planning to end vaccine mandates?
The US state would be the first to stop vaccines being a requirement for children attending school. The Trump administration – and specifically Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – has made its negative stance on vaccines pretty clear from the offset. But in the second term of...
European way of life is threatened by environmental degradation
Climate breakdown and wildlife loss are ‘ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy,’ says a new report published by EU officials. Soaring temperatures and melting glaciers may be the quintessential things that come to mind when people start to think about climate change, but natural consequences such as these only scratch the surface of what’s to come. The truth is, life in a warmer world will transform and threaten national economies, trade...
Should permanent taxes on fossil fuel profits be enforced globally?
While Donald Trump was busy labelling climate change ‘the greatest con job ever perpetrated,’ dozens of former world leaders banded together to call for permanent taxes on fossil fuel profits globally. They say the funds, amounting to billions of dollars annually, should be used to fund sustainable energy projects and climate disaster relief. Climate policy has become a hot topic at this year’s UN General Assembly in New York, with...
New investigation suggests NHS doctors are operating under culture of fear
The findings state mothers and babies are at increased risk of harm due to a toxic ‘cover-up culture’ within the National Health Service. ‘Something must have gone badly wrong’ in the NHS, said Charles Massey this week. The chief executive of the General Medical Council (GMC) was speaking at a conference when he referred to new evidence that trainee obstetrics and gynaecology doctors were too afraid to raise concerns in...
Taliban bans women’s books and human rights studies
The Taliban’s latest decree has banned books authored by women from university libraries and outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment. Four years after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan, the lives of women and girls continue to shrink into silence. For many Afghan women, the ban is not just about losing access to education, it is about being erased. Entire generations of writers, scholars, and thinkers who fought...
