Culture Charles Hill Culture Charles Hill

How ‘socially responsible’ brands hurt rather than help Black Lives Matter and the struggle against racism

By Charles Hill

“On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis. Nike released a video entitled “For Once, Don’t Do It”, Netflix declared that “to be silent is to be complicit”, and Amazon, Ben & Jerry’s and even Barbie posted their approval for the protests. If companies can use their influence for good, surely we should be celebrating their newfound social conscience?”

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Tech Polis Media Tech Polis Media

Digital Privacy vs Freedom: Is there really a trade-off?

By Mostafa Hegab and Basheer Alsayd, Writing Analysts at Unicast Entertainment

From Facebook selling ad information to personal data breaches, headlines have one thing in common: privacy. As personal data continues to be exploited, the focus has shifted from why we need privacy to how we can protect it as our dependency on the internet grows. So while society takes on this debate, it might be beneficial to understand how humanity has dealt with privacy throughout the ages, and how privacy has become intertwined with democracy.

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Politics Clara Tipper Politics Clara Tipper

Education, Education, Education

By Clara Tipper

“Every individual should be empowered to make their own political opinion, given impartial and sufficient information. Further, a country’s government should reflect the diversities of its people - this is far from our current reality”

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Culture Jennifer Geminiani Culture Jennifer Geminiani

“Unity is not an option; unity is a duty”

By Jennifer Geminiani

Jennifer critically analyses current Italian political affairs and the past election dilemma. If you are Italian, or just have an interest in international relations, this is a must read!

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Culture Grace Vollers Culture Grace Vollers

How We Change

By Grace Vollers

“To think of change, I believe, is to see a pandemic rip apart lives and families, or to see layers of systemic oppression reach their boiling point. It is to watch as world leaders are dragged down and to see governments break. It is to externalize transformation. But to perceive change, that is to feel it in each of us individually.”

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Culture Hilary Chan Culture Hilary Chan

On Stand With Alison

By Hilary Chan

Hilary explains how the decision to make Dr Alison Kerr redundant needs tripping up by its own reversion, where gender studies and the philosophy of hegemony protests an institution's narrative on women.

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Culture Giulia Colangeli Culture Giulia Colangeli

Apologia of the uselessness

By Giulia Colangeli

Life's too short to do things "because you have to, period". Enjoy uselessness, enrich your life with novelty and explore: you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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Culture Lia da Giau Culture Lia da Giau

The Trip

By Lia Da Giau

Lia guides you through the complexity of psychedelic substances, providing insights on the history of psychedelics and the potential of these drugs in the legal market and pharmaceautical industry.

Video credits: Lia Da Giau

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Politics Valentina Calvi Politics Valentina Calvi

Debt Diplomacy: A New Front in the US-China War?  

Valentina explores the complex realities of debt diplomacy starting from a recent financing war for Ecuador between the US and China, and invites readers to question a geopolitical narrative that neatly corners countries into “good” and “bad”

Photo credits: Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, 2018

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