Tag: Britain
UK halts fracking, effective immediately
"Fracking moratorium is thanks to years and years and years of work by local communities, campaigners and fierce political pressure."
100 years later, Britain still won’t apologize for one of its...
Events like these keep people in fear. And it is easy to take things from people who are scared for their life.
Deal or no deal: Britain’s fearful future
But provided Britons change their minds in a second referendum, the EU should welcome the U.K. back into the fold.
Britain’s homeless crisis
This ideologically rooted approach to life is at the heart of many if not all of our problems.
Meet the activist who called Piers Morgan an “idiot” for criticizing...
Massive protests have greeted President Trump during his two-day trip to Britain—including a 20-foot-long giant baby Trump blimp outside Parliament.
A hostile environment: Understanding the Windrush scandal
The similarities of the recent experiences of the Windrush generation to the plight of the DREAMers in the United States, are striking.
“A government for the many, not the few”
Jeremy Corbyn and the resurgence of the British left.
20,000 Join Refugees Welcome March Through London
It comes days after the latest death at Britain's border in Calais, of a teenage boy trying to join his family in Britain.
Brexit and the New Global Rebellion
The current order is unstable. The uprising has begun. But who will lead it?
Criminalizing Refugees: The Disgrace of Britain’s Immigration Detention Centers
Fleeing war, persecution and acute poverty, men, women and children have migrated to the U.K. for generations. Coming in search of peace, instead, many find themselves being incarcerated.
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
The compulsion to intervene
Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers
"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."
Countries introduce legislation to ban or restrict vapes
Vaping has become popular among youth, but comes with an environmental impact.
When will US join global call to end Ukraine War?
There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war.