Everett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo Before the US-led coalition’s occupation of Iraq starting in March 2003, there was at least one subject upon which certain advocates and opponents of the war agreed: that the invasion was imperialistic. Both sides weaponised the historical role western imperialism played in theContinue Reading
World sport has been convulsed over the past few months – indeed years – by questions about trans athletes, especially trans women, competing in their acquired gender. Most recently, World Athletics announced its “preferred option” of a reduced 2.5nmol testosterone limit for trans women to compete, with a final decisionContinue Reading
In an episode of HBO’s Real Time in March 2023, comedian Bill Maher hit the nail on the head when describing the current debate over Donald Trump v Ron DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination. Conventional wisdom is that lots of voters want Trump’s policies without Trump – so FloridaContinue Reading
Jacek Wojnarowski/Shutterstock The landmark Casey review has found the Metropolitan police institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. This language – “institutionally” – means that these are not problems isolated to a few bad apples, like David Carrick or Wayne Couzens. These officers, and many others whose problematic conduct was known toContinue Reading
A man, aged in his 30s, has been hospitalised after he was stabbed in an incident outside a premises in Courtown, Co Wexford. The incident took place at approximately 2.30pm on Saturday. The man was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital by ambulance, and his injuries are not thought to beContinue Reading
The arrest warrants issued recently by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his children’s commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, represent the first time officials of a permanent member of the United Nations security council have been indicted for a war crime. The charge is that theyContinue Reading
Last year, noted philosopher Rebekah Vardy remarked of fellow scholar Coleen Rooney: Arguing with Coleen is like arguing with a pigeon. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong but it’s still going to shit in your hair. This could just as easily be said ofContinue Reading
Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset. Our research shows that Douyin, which is produced by ByteDance the same company that owns TikTok, has become influential in offering Chinese people a way of putting consumerContinue Reading
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Care homes are rarely a source of good news. The system is underfunded, understaffed and overextended, and homes are routinely found to be inadequate. Of the 2,934 homes the Care Quality Commission inspected in the year to December 2022, 1,224 were deemed inadequate or requiring improvement. LowContinue Reading
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Whiteness is an invention of the modern, colonial age. It refers to the racialisation of white people and the disproportionate privilege – social, linguistic, economic, political – that comes with this. Crucially, as an invention, whiteness is not innate – it is taught. As an educational project,Continue Reading
