Society

Kenneth Roth on Harvard fellowship controversy: “My biggest concern is for academic freedom”

Although the university has reversed its block against the former head of Human Rights Watch, concerns over freedom of speech…

Sweden’s right-wing government struggles to tackle gang violence

Its prime minister Ulf Kristersson and his far-right partners are finding crime crackdowns harder to deliver than promise.

ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem

Even the most advanced artificial intelligence is hindered by the inherently racist data it’s trained on.

With George Soros, right-wing America puts conspiracy above reality

By invoking “Soros-backed prosecutors”, Republicans are trying to decide who gets to participate fully in US society.

11 November 1988: Why the crackdown on LA’s black gangs won’t work.

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

Fear and frustration grip the US as the ruling that guaranteed abortion rights is overturned. What comes next?

The end of Roe vs Wade: what is there left to write?

We have known this decision was coming for a long time, but still I don’t know what to say today.