Racists winning as opposition to migrants surges in north of Ireland

Far-right fictions on immigration appear to still be having a corrosive effect on attitudes towards those fleeing persecution, as a new north of Ireland survey…

Tories vow to kick foreigners out of social housing

Prominent academic Jason Arday is a victim of vile racism — he also copied other people’s work

Yesterday, 5 August, Professor Jason Arday resigned from his Sociology post at University of Cambridge and Jesus College. When he took the job back in…

As Indian authorities use pellet guns again, Kashmiri survivors still await justice

In India, debates over the use of pellet guns on protesters have opened space for Kashmiris who have endured wounds from them since 2010. Scroll…

Trump wants $10 billion from BBC but says asking for his finances is ‘disproportionate’

In the latest twist in Trump’s defamation case against the BBC, the president’s legal team has filed an emergency motion to block the BBC from…

The burden that comes with a thick skin | James O’Brien – The Whole Show

In Argentina, a village atop a lithium fortune still waits for basic services

For two decades, Antofagasta de la Sierra's residents have been promised the lithium boom will bring gas to their homes

Kemi Badenoch refuses to form coalition with ‘woke’ Reform

Palestine protestor cleared of criminal damage after two year trial

Pro-Palestine activist Paula Akpan has been cleared of criminal damage after a two-year trial. She had been charged with criminal damage after her role in…

Ex-neo-Nazi Tory candidate withdraws, but lands counter-extremism role

Former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn as a Tory candidate for the 2027 council elections in Somerset. Far-right candidate are hardly a rarity in UK…

Journalist under investigation for trying to expose Cambridge plagiarist | EXCLUSIVE

Netanyahu’s election campaign may worsen Israel’s international isolation

Future governments may pay the price of the prime minister’s decision to double down on hardline security to win votes

Two trans rights victories and a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘bathroom ban’

The past week has been a rollercoaster for trans rights in the UK. On Friday 31 July, the High Court rejected a legal challenge to…

A Guide to Your Legal Rights When a Relationship Breaks Down England and Wales

No one starts a relationship expecting it to end. When it does, the practical questions arrive fast. Who stays in the home. How the bills…

Why Rising Student Housing Costs Are Reshaping University Choices in the UK

A December 2024 report from Unipol and HEPI confirmed something students already knew but universities were slow to acknowledge: the maximum student loan in England…

Criminal investigations rock South Korean football

South Korean police searched the headquarters of the Korea Football Association (KFA) on 6 August as part of a criminal investigation into the appointment of…

Trump administration has ‘lost its expertise’ to deal with Iran war

The culture war comes for Nolan’s The Odyssey

The furore surrounding the film the Odyssey exposes, again, how right-wing media discourse, tinged with overt racism, can be weaponised to fuel culture wars, and…

‘She stuck up for a former Nazi?’: Badenoch defends new Tory adviser

Leor Zmigrod on why rigid thinking makes us vulnerable to extremism

Leor Zmigrod discusses her research into the link between cognitive style and political extremism.