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Category: Features

US Elections: This Time it’s Different!

This time there was no march of the pink pussy hats that descended on Washington in the inaugural aftermath to…

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THE OVERVIEW: Election Reflections — Thoughts from an American Living in London

U.S. journalist, Danielle Maisano, who has been living in London for 11 years, shares her views on the build-up that led to the fallout of Trump winning his second term.

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Cat-eating Haitians — how easy is it to uncover Trump’s post-truth world?

“Cat-eating Haitians” – the most recent buzzworthy but baseless claim amplified by the Trump campaign, sparked hyper-salivation amongst MAGA fans, and disbelief in the rest of us.

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THE OVERVIEW: Illegal Migration Bill highlights the tradition of xenophobia in the Tory party with echoes of racial incitement from global history

The UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill has caused a lot of concern with protests and open letters condemning its harshness, even exposing division within the Tory Party itself.

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Fighting Words: Poets for Ukraine

“He sits at his table long as a fable planning a banquet of death too sharp are his claws too aglow are his eyes Putin of the great war cry dragging his carcass of history.”

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A First Port of Call? Free Ports and the UK Economy

The March budget presented free ports as the remedy to economic uncertainty in the face of Brexit and COVID, but are…

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Musevini Wins Ugandan Election Amidst Uneven Covid Legislation

The new year continues with the pandemic being used by some authoritarian African leaders as a way to cling to…

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An old school in Hackney and Hammond’s budget speech: surviving London’s housing crisis

The first time that the Tory Party finally mentioned the housing crisis, since the snap election, was during  Hammond’s November budget. However unlike…

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Your Body Your Choice: The Silent Scalpel of Intersex Surgeries

For over 20 years activists within the intersex community have been calling for changes to how operations are performed on…

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Are the Regulations on Initial Coin Offerings a Tide Change Towards Cryptocurrencies?

No sooner had China put a ban on ICOs, Initial Coin Offerings, than the following week the FCA issued a…

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A Big Fat White Avalanche: Trump Tries to Take on Europe

Donald Trump’s policy towards Europe is like a glaring white avalanche careering down a hill. The US is on a…

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The Rise and Decline of Eurosceptic Parties and their Impact Within the EU

Even though some Eurosceptic parties in Europe have seen an ebb within support from voters recently, the changing political landscape…

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Alternative Issue: Growing up on an Israeli Military Base and Fighting for Peace

  In Israel, everyone goes to the military service at the age of 18. But living in military bases before…

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Is Dialogue in Bahrain Genuine or just Cosmetic?

  It has been two years since the start of the uprising in Bahrain.  Back then in 2011, thousands of…

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From PCC to Royal Charter: The Forming of a New Press Regulatory Body

Dr Benedetta Brevini, responsible for communication in the Media Reform Coalition (MRC), a coalition consisting of 20 different organisations from the…

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Writer, Lecturer and Media Reform Campaigner: Dr Benedetta Brevini on Italy, her Career and her Books

Dr Benedetta Brevini is coauthor of a book on Wikileaks and its aftermath and is writing a new one on Public…

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Viewpoint – Alternative: Education that Says what it Means, the Original Free Schools

Taught by volunteers and inclusive to all, squat schools provide an alternative to Cameron’s Big Society free schools, without cost…

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Planet Issue: Long after Pythagoras – The World of the Flat Earth Society

Flat Earth believers have been around since biblical times and even photos of Earth taken from space have not deterred…

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Viewpoint – Planet: Europe’s Dirtiest Capital?

London smog. In 1952 an estimated 4,000 people died as a result of severe air pollution in London. Today the…

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Planet Issue: Food for Thought, Re-using what can Still be Eaten

The UK is one of the richest countries in the world, but there are still massive issues of food waste…

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Alternative Issue: Recipes on walls – Gourmandizing, what are you Hungry for?

Two Americans have launched a project that uses public art to share recipes, which are painted across walls in South…

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Alternative Issue: Street Crime Beaten Back by Boxing Clubs

Dave Ryan doesn’t just deliver mail around one of London’s toughest neighbourhoods he has spent most of his life and…

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Censorship Issue: Bulagaria’s not so Free Press

Bulgarian newspapers. Bulgaria has the lowest level of press freedom of any European country according to this year’s Reporters Without…

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Alternative Issue: Burkina Faso’s Paralympians Pave Way for Equal Rights

When Burkina Faso’s Paralympic team arrived in London with nowhere to stay, nowhere to train and not enough money to…

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Alternative Issue: Islamic Finance Investments on the Rise, but are there any Jobs?

Investments in Islamic finance are increasing at a rapid rate globally. According to Ernst and Young global Islamic banking assets…

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Alternative Issue: Tourism Threatens Balinese Culture

As immigration and tourism soars in Bali, locals are clamping down more than ever to preserve their unique Hindu culture…

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Viewpoint – Health: Furious Crusade Against Bad Science

  Ben Goldacre, medical doctor and Guardian journalist is the father of Bad Science a collection of books, hundreds of…

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Country in Focus the Health Issue: Longevity and the Italian Lifestyle

  Ruggero Galtarossa is from a small city in Northern Italy called Padova. He is 22 years old he has…

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Country in Focus the Sex Issue: Palestine, the West and a Little Thing Called Sex

Bahaa Milhem, a 3rd year journalism student at City University, talks about the difference in culture when it comes to…

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“Oi miss! Nice butt!”: Why is street sexual harassment so widespread and what can we do to stop it?

  “I was doing my shopping in the beauty aisle in Sainsbury’s,” Liz*, an undergrad student at City University recalls,…

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Has the Paralympics Effect Started to Wane?

The Paralympics brought with them a positive change in attitudes towards disabled people, yet there is still a long way…

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Viewpoint – Censorship: Against a Brick Wall, The Internet in China

    A study by Harvard University released this month reveals that China’s Internet Censor’s new focus is on topics…

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Viewpoint – Censorship: When Silence is the Price for Truth…Journalism in DRC

  Reporters Without Borders stated that a journalist from Radio Liberté and two journalists from Kisangani News were released from…

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‘Journos Abroad’ Burma Elections and Ethnic Struggles

On Sunday the first of April 2012 Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy will for the first time…

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Country in Focus the Censorship Issue: Syria One Year on…. Has Any Solution Really Come of it?

March 15 marked the one year anniversary of the Syrian uprising against President Bashar al Assad’s regime, which has shown…

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A Swedish Class Safari

In January 2012, a small organisation called Allt åt Alla (Everything for Everyone), organised an event to highlight the issues…

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Country in Focus the Europe Issue: Germany ‘a lot of untapped potential’

Julien Rath, a second year journalism student with a personal passion for everything Europe, has given Synchronicity an insight into…

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Viewpoint – Europe: Christiania, Last Bastion of Free Thought

Forty years after a group of hippie squatters stormed and took over an ex-army base in Copenhagen for a permanent…

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