Apr 29, 2016 09:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Each week, the equivalent of two busy tube carriages of people move to London. As Londons population grows, so does the strain on its public transport system. On May 5, the polls predict that London will elect either...
#Bingate: how rubbish can lose votes and alienate people
Apr 28, 2016 03:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When it comes to recycling, Hull City Council has threatened local households with the nuclear option: clean out your recyclable waste or we will take your bin away. According to the council, 20% of the recyclable waste...
Trump culture: threat, fear and the tightening of the American mind
Apr 27, 2016 22:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
For the past 10 months, Donald Trump has been a political enigma. Against the predictions of journalists, policy wonks and odds makers, a tabloid darling with no political experience and few coherent policies is now poised...
Trump, Clinton crush opponents in northeast
Apr 27, 2016 22:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Today, Donald Trump won majorities of the vote across all five northeastern states that voted. He won 64% in Rhode Island, 61% in Delaware, 58% in Connecticut, 57% in Pennsylvania and 54% in Maryland. Prior to getting 60%...
Which London mayoral candidate does most to make cycling mainstream?
Apr 27, 2016 21:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In London, cycling is starting to be seen as a key part of the solution to the citys looming transport problems. We simply cant go on in the old way if we dont cut car use, the city will choke and traffic will to grind to...
The effect racist rhetoric has on young Latinos, and why all Americans should care
Apr 27, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Luis is an upper-middle-class American-born Latino. When I interviewed him in 2008, he told me he had spent long hours, and a substantial amount of money, restoring a classic Chevy truck. One day, clad in grease-stained...
Why the Stop Trump movement isn't working
Apr 27, 2016 08:00 am UTC| Politics
Donald Trump is the Republican establishments worst nightmare, but the GOP leadership cant find a way to stop him. Tuesday night provided the latest example. The New York billionaire swept all five of the GOP primaries,...
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