Surge in interest in growing hybrid rye for grain set to continue
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2020-08-18
When hope is a dinghy in the Channel: how racism in Britain is a crisis of belonging
Fourteen years ago I came from Syria to study in Edinburgh, and because of the war there, Scotland is now home. As I watch the latest wave of desperate refugees try to make for the British coastline, I witness with a heavy heart how they are demonised in a now-familiarContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Is body weight affected by when you eat? Here’s what science knows so far
Changes to our circadian rhythm can impact our physical and mental health. Olga Miltsova/ Shutterstock Most diet and health advice is broadly based on the assumption that a calorie is a calorie (and it doesn’t matter when they’re consumed). But some research suggests that our bodies actually use calories moreContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Countries around the world are using border surveillance systems against their own citizens
Klein Ongaki Hamdi was just an infant when his relatives first brought him to the Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya to be registered as a refugee – despite the fact he was a Kenyan citizen. Like many ethnic Somali citizens of Kenya living in the vicinity of the camp,Continue Reading
2020-08-18
How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting young people’s career plans
IMG Stock Studio/Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic has had a serious and potentially detrimental impact on the lives of young people in the UK. The disruption to A-level results is one significant example, but is not the only way the future career prospects of young people have been affected. Those agedContinue Reading
2020-08-18
Changes to public health bodies must be based on evidence and reflection, not scapegoating
The chaos caused by coronavirus will last far beyond the discovery of effective medical treatments. Our social and political structures have been tested and, in many instances, found to be unprepared for this pandemic. It is therefore not surprising that questions have been asked of official bodies such as theContinue Reading
2020-08-17
Meet the Modern Farmer Who Grows Food To Heal Herself
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2020-08-16
Is India’s digital ID system, Aadhaar, a tech solution for a socio-economic problem? · Global Voices
ID systems should allow for social inclusion and human rights Biometric details being captured in an Aadhaar enrolment centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Biswarup Ganguly, CC-BY-3.0) This post was first published on Yoti as a part of Subhashish Panigrahi’s Digital Identity Fellowship. It has been edited for Global Voices. TheContinue Reading
2020-08-16
Natives’ or ‘outsiders’? A mob attack in Meghalaya throws questions of belonging into sharp relief · Global Voices
Decades of xenophobic rhetoric has caused friction and uncertainty Night view of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, a hill station in the northeastern part of India. Image from Flickr by Santanu Sen. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The recent attack on six boys from the Bengali community in Shillong has reignited theContinue Reading
2020-08-16
Is moving to Canada the real American Dream? · Global Voices
“American Flag on Canada Day 2008″ by Antony Pranata is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Call it an American’s Canadian moment. Shortly after a remote work meeting at a local café in early February, Victoria Heath, an American living in Toronto, witnessed something extraordinary. A man approached the barista andContinue Reading
2020-08-15