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I’ve been talking to conspiracy theorists for 20 years – here are my six rules of engagement
Coronavirus conspiracy theories fuel anti-vaccination protests. Rebekah Zemansky / Shutterstock.com With prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine looking up, attention is also turning to the problem of anti-vax ideas. According to a recent survey, one in six Britons would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Although vaccine hesitancy isContinue Reading
Teachers have been let down by a decade of inaction on digital technologies
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant disruption to school education in England. Teachers have made a concerted effort to use digital technology and remote teaching and learning to lessen the impact of this disruption on their students. However, thanks to a decade of unambitious government policy, many haveContinue Reading
Coronavirus: We need to support domiciliary care workers before the second wave hits
FamVeld/Shutterstock Many countries were already turning to domiciliary care as an alternative to residential care homes before the pandemic. The closure of care homes due to the well-publicised issues caused by COVID may hasten this change. Domiciliary care allows people to stay in their own homes, which they often prefer.Continue Reading
Liberian fishing communities stand up to Chinese supertrawlers · Global Voices
Granting fishing licenses to these massive trawlers will destroy livelihoods Liberian fishermen sit atop at local Kru canoe used for fishing. Courtesy of the Environmental Justice Foundation. The arrival of six Chinese supertrawlers in Monrovia, Liberia, last month has sparked outrage among the country’s small-scale canoe fishers. These supertrawlers areContinue Reading
After the Russia report: how to protect British democracy from interference
The UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has finally published its long overdue report on Russian interference in UK elections, nearly a year and a half after its completion and eight months after it was due for release. Even the public was incensed with the delay – a parliamentary petitionContinue Reading
Discovering how genetic ‘dark matter’ plays a role in mental illness is just the tip of the iceberg for human health
Shutterstock Each cell in our bodies holds two metres of DNA that contains the six billion bits of the DNA code necessary for making a healthy human body. This is known as the human genome. It is now accepted that what makes people different, and contributes to their susceptibility toContinue Reading
Why nursery schools are a secret weapon in the fight against inequality
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock State-funded nursery schools occupy a unique position in education. Serving children from two to four years old, they are disproportionately located in areas of deprivation – in 2015, 64% were in the 30% most deprived areas in England. They also support higher-than-average proportions of children with additional needs. OurContinue Reading
Coronavirus: new social rules are leading to new types of stigma
During lockdown, we saw how the pandemic was leading to new forms of social solidarity. In addition to claps for carers and rainbow pictures, the very act of staying home was a demonstration of a collective responsibility to protect the vulnerable. It was a sacrifice for the “greater good”, adheredContinue Reading
Students lead mass protest against dictatorship at Thailand’s Democracy Monument · Global Voices
Protesters gathered at the historic Democracy Monument. Photo from Prachatai. This article is from Prachatai, an independent news site in Thailand, edited and republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. The student group Free Youth Movement organized a public demonstration at the Democracy Monument on the eveningContinue Reading
Russia report: intelligence expert explains how UK ignored growing threat
The new report from parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) on Russia is damning. The document certainly isn’t a page-turner, and nor does it provide all the answers some had expected. But contrary to most ISC reports, it’s striking and blunt, and the message couldn’t be clearer: Russia’s intelligence agenciesContinue Reading