A decade after the riots, France has rewritten its colonial history
Jan 25, 2016 11:03 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ten years after the riots that hit France in 2005, there has been much debate about how far France has moved on from the images of burning cars, disaffected youth and urban apocalypse. At the time, the riots were...
Piping as poison: the Flint water crisis and America's toxic infrastructure
Jan 25, 2016 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As the crisis over the water in Flint, Michigan, rolls on, were learning more and more about the irresponsibility and callousness of officials and politicians in charge. The mix of austerity politics, environmental...
Why is it so hard to get a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf?
Jan 25, 2016 10:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
Hitlers infamous political memoir, Mein Kampf, continues to trouble us like few other texts in the world. Seven decades after the end of the Third Reich, it fascinates and appals in equal measure. Available in many...
We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?
Jan 25, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
At a news conference announcing that 2015 broke all previous heat records by a wide margin, one journalist started a question with If this trend continues… The response by the Director of NASAs Goddard Institute for...
Five years on, the spirit of Tahrir Square has been all but crushed
Jan 25, 2016 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Five years ago, the chant El‑shaab, yureed, isqat el‑musheer!(the people want the fall of the regime!) resounded through the streets of Cairo, marking the start of a popular uprising that saw one of the regions...
Israel's land grab undermines Palestinian statehood – and violates international law
Jan 25, 2016 01:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
Israel is preparing to make its largest land seizure in the West Bank since August 2014. Israeli settlers are already farming the 154 hectares in the Jordan Valley, displacing Palestinian communities. United Nations...
Europe’s a challenging place for would-be Samaritans
Jan 24, 2016 23:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Gods son, an early and astute observer of the limits of developmental economics, famously observed that the poor will always be with you. To judge by the otherwise enchanting streets of Paris, he knew whereof he spoke. The...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects