Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?

Apr 27, 2019 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Whenever I visit the Sahara I am struck by how sunny and hot it is and how clear the sky can be. Aside from a few oases there is little vegetation, and most of the worlds largest desert is covered with rocks, sand and sand...

Secularism: Québecers are religious about it

Apr 27, 2019 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Some Canadians outside of Québec have reacted with disbelief at the tabling of a bill in the provincial legislature by the Coalition Avenir Québec government to ensure the religious neutrality of the...

Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour

Apr 27, 2019 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

At the start of Black History Month 2019, Google designed its daily-changing homepage logo to include an image of African-American activist Sojourner Truth, the great 19th-century abolitionist and womens rights activist....

Fashion production is modern slavery: Five things you can do to help now

Apr 27, 2019 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

Fashion shouldnt cost lives and it shouldnt cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalization, fast fashion, economies of scale, social media and offshore production have created a perfect storm for...

Youth find hope for the future through documentary play

Apr 27, 2019 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Todays young people deserve to be heard. But, because of all of our technological distractions and polarized political systems, listening to others is becoming increasingly difficult. Philosopher and political scientist...

Post-Brexit immigration policy that shuts out low-skilled migrants won't suit anyone

Apr 27, 2019 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

With the spotlight on the date and terms on which the UK leaves the EU, the issue of immigration has paled into relative insignificance. The prime minister, Theresa May, has repeatedly stated her intention to end the free...

Three lessons for leadership from the Brexit mess

Apr 27, 2019 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views

Remember David Cameron? Hes the prime minister who gambled his career and the stability of his country on the UKs Brexit referendum. He unsuccessfully bet his job that he could persuade the UK to remain in the EU....