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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...histories to prove their deservedness. Being homeless in any form can be a traumatic experience and may lead to other injustices and harms. The stigma attached with being homeless is profound and can be experienced on many deep-seated levels, affecting people in both psychological and physical ways. Stigma describes the feeling of shame of humiliation and of being...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...history of the survey and highlights key changes affecting SMEs over the last three decades, including the ‘digital revolution’ and the recent growth of mobile technologies [quarterly survey 30th anniversary front page image] Select image to download the report now The digital revolution and the recent growth of mobile technologies have been key drivers of change for...
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The debate on the origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

The debate on the origins of the First World War

...History courses and qualifications How could the death of one man, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was assassinated on 28 June 1914, lead to the deaths of millions in a war of unprecedented scale and ferocity? This is the question at the heart of the debate on the origins of the First World War. Finding the answer to this question has exercised historians for 100 years. In...
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Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...history of presidential candidates who emerge from the rich elite sections of society and understandably, after repeated disappointment with things not changing, the electorate has lost trust in the promises of establishment politicians. Barack Obama seemed to promise the long-needed change but his presidency ultimately failed in achieving this. This was owing to Senate...
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...history and science. Emoji may be doing little for the recording and analysing of history or science. They’re not a tool for the complex expression of rational thought or argument, after all. But they are increasingly being adopted for a range of social and political purposes, from raising awareness about mental health issues[2] to helping people speak out about child...
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Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...History of Jamaica in 1774 (which many historians acknowledge contributed extensively to the development of racial hierarchies in British consciousness), believed that Creoles, the children of African slaves ‘civilised’ by being raised in the colonies, were more intelligent than their African parents. As proof of their ‘inherent stupidity’ Long noted that ‘they...
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues

...history when she recorded ‘That Thing Called Love’ and ‘You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down’ for the New York label, Okeh. These were the first commercial recordings by a Black blues singer and they were a major success, paving the way for future Black blues singers to record, and marking the beginning of the era now known as classic female blues. Smith’s biggest...
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African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...history in the new world. Probably for their own ignorance and their inherited Enlightenment view of Africans and African enslaved, that they did not see the Caribbean revolutions and revolutionary leaders as active progressive activists for the black liberation. They did not see that they were fighting against slavery and the capitalistic production chain of goods, such...
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