Grounded?
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Twin reports from a UK Parliament committee go further than ever in condemning Britain’s complicity in the worst of the War on Terror.
Health workers and patients protesting at the Hospital Dr. Jose Maria Vargas in Caracas, Venezuela.
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The impact of Venezuela’s medical crisis is not gender-neutral.
A mural, which Kamil Ahmad, a disabled asylum seeker murdered in Bristol, worked on.
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Two murders of a disabled asylum seeker and a disabled refugee in Bristol showed how precarious life has become for people on the margins.
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El Día Después is an important initiative led by the cultural and intellectual elite, for all Mexicans.
Hashtags at the ready.
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The power of the mainstream media to put pressure US government policy should not be underrated.
Howdy, partner: Rebecca Steinfeld (C) and Charles Keidan (L).
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Civil partnerships were introduced as a quick-fix device for a minority group. Instead, they ended up forcing heterosexuals to campaign for the same rights as LGBTQ+ people.
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How cosmetic store Lush went from making bath bombs to campaigning against police corruption.
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While the UK does not indefinitely detain children, there are cases where minors are held – and in extreme cases, separated from their parents.
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Often portrayed as an old plodding cart house, can the TUC become agile again?
Unfinished and abandoned: the ‘House of Soviets’.
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The Russian ‘exclave’ ignored its Soviet past, remembered its German roots, but now looks east again.
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The ‘rules-based international order’ that Trump is supposedly tearing up is an ahistorical fantasy.
The Lifeline: an NGO ship stuck in the Mediterranean in late June.
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The EU has agreed to explore proposals for centres to process people before they can cross the Mediterranean.
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Most feel they belong, but the Leave decision has left them anxious and insecure.
Iwao Hakamada in 2014.
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Iwao Hakamada was tried for quadruple murder in 1966, but the evidence that convicted him is regarded with widespread scepticism.
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Given that so many people have a strong opinion about identity politics, it is surprising how few of us have a clear idea on what it actually is.
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa.
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Migration is central to Mediterranean history and people have always moved between its two shores.
Ready to roll.
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An economy and society like Saudi Arabia’s cannot survive the modern world without giving in to change.
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The way we talk about football reinforces the idea that the men’s sport is the norm, and women’s the exception.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has headed off a political humiliation, but making good on his extravagant promises won’t be easy.
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No one legal ‘solution’ is right for all sex workers.
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New plans will speed students through an intensive training course, that will see them working cases in 12 weeks.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the trail.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador looks set to win the presidency on his third try. Mexico’s powerful interests are scrambling to stop him.
Thomas from St Roses School, Stroud, playing the Clarion, an instrument designed for people with learning disabilities.
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And why the contribution of people with learning disabilities to the arts must be celebrated.
A protest by EU citizens outsie parliament in 2017.
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Details have been published of how EU citizens in the UK can apply for ‘settled status’ after Brexit. But it may have some teething problems.
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Most Leave voters would rather lose Northern Ireland than drop Brexit, reflecting a longstanding indifference.