Exclusive – Chelsea Miller talks sustainable-movement building
A leading voice in racial justice and digital organising, Chelsea Miller is the co-founder of Freedom March NYC, one of the largest youth-led civil rights groups in America. We spoke to her about how considering long-term impact should always take precedence over promoting band-aid solutions. ‘People can’t be what they...
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Greenland’s Indigenous women deserve more than financial compensation
A group of women in Greenland say Danish doctors involuntarily sterilised them with intrauterine devices. Indigenous women across the globe have a traumatic historical relationship with genocide. Attempts to wipe-out indigenous populations have been pervasive across the West and beyond, but they appear in many forms, some more overtly...
How floods in Libya have exposed the country’s human rights issues
As Storm Daniel tore through Eastern Libya, it reiterated the true threat of climate change. However, the many unavoidable deaths call into question the political and human rights issues that have been affecting the country for decades. After causing extensive flooding in Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey, Storm Daniel moved towards...
Climate change has displaced 43.1m children in six years
Just last week, UNICEF published a harrowing report highlighting the impacts of surging global temperatures and increasingly frequent extreme weather events on the victims most vulnerable to these unforgiving conditions between 2016 and 2021. Already vulnerable youth have become unwitting victims of a crisis they did not cause. This is...
Opinion – India’s External Affairs Manager is discriminating against religious minorities
As India’s External Affairs Minister taunts to ‘show him discrimination’ when questioned on minorities' status, the ground zero reality on the subject is haunting. At an event at Hudson Institute, S. Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister of India, when questioned about the diminishing rights of minorities in India under the policies...
Viral video prompts renewed calls for safety measures on public transport
Following a series of recent incidents that involve women being targeted and harassed while trying to get home, social media users are demanding more intervention from staff at stations. ‘If you act up, I’ll follow you.’ These are the distressing words of a man in a viral video which made the...
Exclusive – Schuyler Bailar on striving to engage with our shared humanity
We spoke to the athlete, author, and advocate for trans rights, radical body acceptance, and mental health awareness about his work to provide us with the fundamental language and context of gender so we can pave the way to understanding, acceptance, and inclusion. In 2015, Schuyler Bailar made headlines for being the first openly transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. Up until...
Study shows UK parents won’t have another child due to cost of living
Research from Bambino Mio reveals that British parents won’t have a second or third child because of the rising expenses. The cost-of-living crisis continues to affect many British households as food and bills increase quicker than the average household income. Nappy expert Bambino Mio found that new parents are struggling to keep up with the rising expenses. Out of the thousand parents the company surveyed, over a third (43%) of...
Explaining the latest flare-up between India and Canada
The assassination of a Sikh leader in Canada is the latest flare-up in a decades-old conflict in India. The situation at present threatens to do irreparable diplomatic damage to both countries. When Justin Trudeau landed in Delhi for the G20 summit he came prepared to face tensions with Modi head-on after accusing India of being involved in the murder of Canadian Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. On June 18, Nijjar...
A young Black gymnast was denied a medal in Ireland
The snub has sparked outrage on social media, and placed Gymnastics Ireland under the spotlight. Last week, a video went viral for all the wrong reasons. Taken in March 2022, the clip shows a line of children at a Gymstart event in Dublin. Each of them is awarded a medal, except for the one Black girl pictured. Since the footage re-emerged, it’s been watched by millions on social media. The incident...
