‘Queer Eye’ shows that empowerment can come from looking fierce
As the rigid structures formed by the 20th century gender wars melt away, the Fab 5 are embodying something Gen Z has long suspected: putting effort into your appearance is woke. The fifth season of Netflix’s Queer Eye started streaming last week, coinciding in the UK with the beginning...
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Lebanon set to become the world’s next failed state
‘We are heading for the future collapse of everything’ - financial analyst Henri Chaoul. Lebanon’s economy has shut down. Its population, which includes a large minority of Syrian refugees, is rioting in the streets, and looting diapers and cereal. Its political elites are systematically shutting down negotiations for aid...
How the US justice system works to protect cops who murder people
The oppressing weight of the system doesn’t only crush us from above; by consenting to damaging racial narratives, we prop it up. As race riots continue to rip open the heart of the country that was meant to guide us in principles of freedom, a courtroom in Hennepin County...
EU coronavirus deal sets new standard for international solidarity
The European Union has agreed on a coronavirus recovery stimulus plan that shows miraculous cooperation, but it comes with some important concessions. After an intense five days of reportedly heated debate, the EU has unanimously passed a deal to aid the recovery of its member’s economies post-COVID. The agreement...
Millionaires are demanding to be taxed more
Over 80 of the world’s richest people have published an open letter demanding tax increases for millionaires to fund the world’s coronavirus recovery. An open letter calling for an increase in taxes for the super-rich was published this weekend and was signed by 83 millionaires, including Ben and Jerry’s...
Sudan is shifting away from hardline Islamism
The volatile African nation has now officially banned FGM, apostasy laws, and allows the consumption of alcohol by non-Muslims. After the ousting of Sudan’s former military-commander-cum-President Omar Al-Bashir last year, the country’s ad-hoc government has passed several long-awaited laws that promote a shift towards more democratic values. According to Sudan’s...
Yemen is currently experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
A severely underreported humanitarian disaster is displacing millions and leaving many more without food. Yemen, one of Africa’s poorest nations, is currently being devastated by a civil war that’s been raging since 2015. Five years of conflict has plunged the country into one of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises. As multiple factions backed by complex webs of external powers ravage the land, leading to the displacement of more than...
UK condemns China for treatment of Uighur minority
The UK is finally calling a spade a spade when it comes to blatant Chinese human rights abuses against its ethnic Muslim minority. The UK, which has long been flirting with both US and Chinese national interests in the current conflict between the two, has hinted that it will be taking a firmer stance against China after its crackdown on Hong Kong and its treatment of the Uighur ethnic...
Lockdown has placed millions more girls at risk of FGM
Disrupting global efforts to put an end to FGM practices, deepening poverty caused by the pandemic means more girls are now at risk of being cut. According to a United Nations official, Coronavirus has reversed progress on ending female genital mutilation (FGM). The (almost) universally condemned practice, which affects 200 million girls and women worldwide, involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia and, in some African countries,...
Why Twitter is calling JK Rowling a ‘TERF’
JK Rowling taught most of the world a new acronym this week, and not really in a good way. There are over one million words contained within the Harry Potter series in total, though it seems JK Rowling has managed to make just as big a splash in under 280 characters. A recent tweet by the world-famous author has been trending for days now, making the internet aware of...
