Kicked out for coming out: more than half of LGBTIQ+ flatmates face discrimination for their identity

Sangar Akreyi/Getty ImagesPeople who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say flatting is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond Läs mer…

How discussion becomes discord: Three avoidable steps on the path to polarization

From tariffs and sovereignty to politics and conflict, there’s no shortage of controversial topics for us to grapple with. (Shutterstock)Many Läs mer…

Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, more overt forms of gendered hate have jumped from obscure internet forums into the mainstream, shaping Läs mer…

Trump breaks from western allies at G7 summit as US weighs joining Iran strikes

Working alongside western democratic allies has not been a natural fit for Donald Trump. The US president left the recently Läs mer…

Police in England and Wales to get more money – but increasing funding won’t necessarily mean less crime

Ian Dewar Photography/ShutterstockPolice spending will rise by a real-terms 2.3% per year between now and 2028-29, the government announced Läs mer…

Why your doctor may not have given you the best advice for your lower back pain

Focus and Blur/Shutterstock.comTreating lower back pain is enormously expensive. In the UK it’s estimated to cost the NHS around Läs mer…

Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations

’Planting the sugar-cane’: vast fortunes were made from the trades in both sugar and human slaves in the Americas. Schomburg Läs mer…