A masked Spiderman and friends bring joy to Melbourne’s locked-down suburb · Global Voices
Melburnians are trying to uplift people’s spirits during the pandemic Spiderman jogging in East St Kilda, a district of Melbourne. Photo courtesy of Asher Wolf, used with permission With Melbourne in a winter COVID-19 lockdown for six weeks, any ray of sunshine is especially welcome. It seems that Spiderman hasContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Hush money? How compensation can leave child abuse survivors with mixed feelings
The process can be stressful and traumatic for survivors. fizkes/Shutterstock Earlier this year the ruling body for the Church of England voted in favour of compensating survivors who had been sexually abused by members of the clergy. This means the church could be forced to pay out £200 million asContinue Reading
2020-08-18
First US face transplant recipient dies, leaving an important legacy
Angelina Bambina/Shutterstock On December 9 2008, 45-year-old Connie Culp became the first person in the United States, and only the fourth in the world, to receive a face transplant. Connie’s transplant took a team at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio more than 22 hours to perform and allowed her toContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Kenya: how stark inequality frustrates the dreams of Nairobi’s jobless young men
“Today I woke up late, because there was nothing I was doing,” Wilfred* wrote in his diary. Like many of his peers, the 21-year-old lacks permanent employment, seeking small amounts of cash from odd jobs carried out in the town where he lives on the northern outskirts of the KenyanContinue Reading
2020-08-18
How one Telegram channel became central to Belarus’ protests · Global Voices
The Poland-based Telegram channel Nexta has become a key source of information An example of a recent post on Nexta Live, showing protesters in the city of Homel reading aloud their demands to the authorities. This post was viewed over half a million times. Screenshot from Nexta Live / Telegram.Continue Reading
2020-08-18
The enforcer: the myth and reality of organised crime’s hard man
Millennium Films Vividly portrayed in films from The Godfather to The Sweeney, the idea of criminal enforcement using threats, intimidation, assault and murder has long been an established underworld practice. Despite the widespread cultural fascination with this shadowy part of society, there is little in the way of academic workContinue Reading
2020-08-18
A-level debacle has shattered trust in educational assessment
Students protest against A-level results, August 16 2020. I. Salci/Shutterstock After five days of uncertainty and anxiety, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced on August 17 that students in England would be awarded their centre assessment grades (CAGs) this summer – that is, the grade their school or college expected theyContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Indonesian students expelled from school face treason charges for joining a protest on Papua · Global Voices
Expelled students during a preliminary hearing for the administrative case they filed in Ambon. Photo from Facebook page of the student group PEMBEBASAN, used with permission. Arbi Nur was one of four students who were expelled from Khairun University in Indonesia after they joined a protest in December 2019 supportive ofContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Plant breeder Limagrain expands UK commercial team
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2020-08-18