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Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars
Society, Politics & Law

Why challenging sexual violence takes more than just a starring role at The Oscars

...de Mille award at the 2018 Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey claimed that “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have”. She then shared the story of Recy Taylor, who died ten days earlier. Recy Taylor was a black woman who was raped in Alabama by six white men in 1944. The case drew national attention as a key moment of injustice for black women as two...
Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...de France in the world of cycling and previously, cities such as Monte Carlo, Nice and Amsterdam have hosted the event. The eyes of the world are on Belfast this week, expecting great things from the place and its people, as 200 of the world’s top cyclists descend on our city. And they will get it! Shop fronts, cafés, office blocks and even road signs are decked in...
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...with philosophy”. Transcript References Hobbes, Thomas. (2017 [1651]). Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Spinoza, Benedictus de. (2016 [1670]). “Theological-Political Treatise”, in The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume II, trans. Edwin Curley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Discover more articles like this Study a free course on human rights and politics...
Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg
Education & Development

Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg

...de, y gorllewin a’r gogledd, gan ehangu eu teyrnasoedd a chreu holltau rhwng siaradwyr y Frythoneg. [Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr Almaen a Denmarc heddiw i Northymbria a Mersia (yr Eingl), Dwyrain Anglia (y Sacsoniaid) a Wessex (y Jiwtiaid). ] Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr...
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...education, after working in London he returned to the family home. That father and son worked their cider press together suggests one way in which the family was steeped in local tradition, and Hardy’s interest in the community is evident when we learn that he took jobs and names of country people from churchyards in the area, using them as inspiration for his...
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...de-personalizing of complex issues. This results in overt generalisations, reductionism, a lack of depth, and more recently, a global populist political backlash. [The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved.] The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved. Following the European Referendum in Britain, for example, the...
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...education, health, culture, technology, business, land, and wealth transfers. Increasingly reparations in relation to climate justice have also been sought. * restitution The restoration of something that has been lost or stolen. Making amends for injury or loss. Making good. * Scramble for Africa A term used to describe the rapid colonisation of Africa by the major...
Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...education and gender, with errors clustered on states. The average white American support for Trump on a 0-10 scale in the survey is 4.29. You can see the two Trump support lines are higher among those at the highest end of the income scale (4) than the lowest (1). This is not, however, statistically significant. What is significant is the gap between the red and blue...