Measuring economic success through levels of employment obscures the unsustainable and oppressive nature of the UK’s recovery.
In Nouakchott, former slaves live invisible lives in ‘niche settlements’ between the villas of the rich and powerful. Their continued intimacy with their former masters makes their experiences of ‘freedom’ unique.
Memories of slavery affect contemporary political life in many Sahelian countries, but how do stigmatised groups use those memories as a tool for integration?
Parliamentarians of Europe get involved to prevent genocide and mass atrocities and to fight against genocide denial.
Nice’s promenade follows on a long string of attacks against the dense and the banal: against the overlooked ordinary that comprises our daily existence.
According to official data, 9 organized crime groups and 37 allied criminal cells are currently operating in 60% of the country’s states. Find our Mexico’s geography of crime. Español
The past of slavery has its many presents, and the present of exploitation its many pasts. Bridging the study of the historical and the contemporary can ask questions about the meaning of each.
In the south-eastern Tunisian region of Mednine, music represented a socially marginalised way for post-emancipation blacks to advance. Now younger generations want something different.
A conversation about the politics of truth and reconciliation in light of the ICTY's acquittal of Vojislav Seselj.
The harsh Roman response to the Carthage problem is not adequate to address the threat of terrorist groups in this era.
Venezuela is on the edge of the precipice. Concerted action may yet pull it back. But the longer it is delayed, the more Venezuelans will die from lack of medicines, malnutrition or violence. Português Español
Far right organisations may be considered drivers of change in Central and Eastern Europe; their impact being felt through the deeds of their mainstream contenders.
