We find ourselves thrust back into the 20th - or even the 19th - Century. Maybe it's just a European perspective, but countries invading other countries for no reason other than because they just fucking feel like it feels like an incredibly outdated concept. That's...
William Partlett, The University of Melbourne With an all-out war on Ukraine underway, a key question has emerged: what can the West do to help Ukraine? Sanctions and limited military aid will help. Another key strategy, however, is crucial: to counter Russian...
Our society seems to be caught in a polarisation trap What we seem to have forgotten is that disagreement isn’t only more interesting than if everyone you talk to agrees with everything you say; its important to have differing opinions. Its only through lively debate...
Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at UN Climate Summit In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talked about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility, and what gives her hope. By Mark Hertsgaard This story originally appeared in The Nation and is...
Today is the day that - for anyone with a brain cell, any shred of moral sense or just generally left of Attila the Hun - is the day we hope beyond hope that the USA will throw off its clinging orange monocell pseudo-leader and get the place back to being where good...
Benedetta Zocchi, Queen Mary University of London Although different countries around the world have taken largely similar approaches to facing the coronavirus pandemic by aiming to reduce human contact, it has become clear that their decisions have different...
Author Michael Pollan talks about whether drugs that comfort the terminally ill can also help people mourning the climate future. This story originally appeared in The Nation and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration...
Did you notice how it seems like there’s - pretty much - only one newsworthy thing happening in the world, and that’s corona? If something newsworthy happens in a forest and no one writes about it, does it happen at all? I mean, where did all the other stuff go? I...
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