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“We Were the People Who Were Not in the Papers” – The Dystopian Reality of Silencing the Voices that Matter Most

March 9, 2025March 12, 2025 By Erin Morgan

Book bans and censorship have surged in recent years, particularly in the United States, where challenges to literature in schools and libraries have

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Explainer: Who are the M23 Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo? 

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 By Amelie Singleton

More than 6 million people have been killed since the conflicts in the 1990s, with the same number displaced from their homes in the last four years alone.  

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Opinion: Looking for Saviours in the Wrong Places – Why Representation is not Emancipation

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 By Gemma Gradwell

In the aftermath of Trump’s inauguration, a devastating blow for women worldwide, a strange trend has occurred. Commentary and predictions on what a

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Opinion: Elon Musk, The Politician?

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 By Maria Daniels

I am sure that by now many of us have seen the video of Elon Musk performing a questionable salute at the recent

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Opinion: ‘Una, grande y libre’. The Radicalisation of the National Discourse in Democratic Spain.

November 14, 2023November 17, 2023 By Mar Mengual Gonzalez

As the PSOE reaches a variety of deals with numerous political parties across the spectrum in order to secure Sánchez’s reinstatement as Spain’s

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