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A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...family members had been. Now a Baroness, Doreen Lawrence (Stephen’s mother) spoke about how, even though she experienced extreme anger on many occasions, she felt she could not outwardly show this emotion, especially to the white media. It can be argued that, in her acute experiences of how Black people were regarded as criminals, Doreen Lawrence was all too fully aware...
Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...family was said to have connections to the local pagan (or “Non Non”) Shinto community of the region. For the rest of his life, Mizuki Shigeru sought out folk customs and beliefs from every corner of Japan, and would eventually title one of his many autobiographies “A Non Non Life.” While “non non” can mean “aimless” or even “drunken” in colloquial...
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...history the people of Spain have expressed the richness of their culture through music and dance. Greek and Romans as well as subsequent groups of visitors recorded the presence of dancing practices in the Iberian Peninsula. The emergent movements and sounds of the diverse population reflect not only the character of the various ethnic groups but also the complex...
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...history of censuses What stories do differently shaped population pyramids tell? Digging inside the data Looking for discontinuities Transcript A brief history of censuses Census taking - recording the size of a country's population, and in many cases the age and gender of everyone making up that population - has a long, if patchy, history. Originating over 3000 years...
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...history, what we now see as the ‘international system’ has been organised, understood and experienced in other ways. Indeed, for much of history, different kinds of empire have predominated. The legacy of these historical antecedents continues to influence contemporary international relations between these different actors. [Described image] Figure 1 European empires...
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...family leave, debt-free college attendance, and the need to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share of tax. Trump, also invited to open on the economy, accused China and Mexico of stealing American jobs. It wasn’t coherent by any normal standard, but he did sound a clear anti-trade note consistent with a core campaign theme. This seemed to set the stage for exactly the...
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...family!” he exclaimed. The potato provided ideal nourishment. “Some of the stoutest men we know, are brought up on milk and potatoes,” he reported. Buchan maintained that once people understood the advantages they would personally derive from a potato diet, they would happily, of their own free will, embrace the potato. The benefits would accrue both to the...
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...history of industrial strife. Although extremely quiet and orderly there was something extremely dramatic about the whole scene” (Glasgow Herald, 27 March 1911) It should be noted that both the SLP and the IWGB were advocating non-violence and the Singer Company did not attempt to introduce replacement "blackleg" labour (that is, working despite an ongoing strike)....