VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
Assisted suicide poses particular risks to neurodivergent people
Former chair of the all-party parliamentary group for special educational needs TOM HUNT examines some tragic cases from countries which have legalised assisted death
ROGER McKENZIE looks back 60 years to the assassination of Malcolm X, whose message that black people have worth resonated so strongly with him growing up in Walsall in the 1980s
At least 1.5 million tons of crude oil has been spilt in the Niger Delta since 1958, writes PAVAN KULKANI
ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
Based on his experience of Haringey Council Councillor MARK BLAKE believes only a radical policy rethink will reconnect councils with the alienated constituencies they are supposed to serve
Last week the CPUSA launched a new Rapid Response project aimed at mobilising a popular resistance to policies enacted by the new government. CAMERON HARRISON explains
AT 12 years old, I had the reading and writing age of an eight-year-old. Yet as a young adult, I graduated from Oxford, and had the honour of serving as a member of Parliament for Ipswich 2019-2024. So what happened?
The plight of neurodivergent people is sorely overlooked in the UK. So many are written off because of their differences or weaknesses. With the right support and a lot of hard work, weaknesses can be turned into strengths.
Dyspraxia, for example, can result in improved long-term memory. A difficulty in following instructions can develop innovative, out-of-the-box thinking. Whether it’s autism, ADHD, dyslexia or dyspraxia, having your brain wired a different way isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
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Emotional appeals for assisted suicide overlook crucial policy implications and safeguarding issues, writes KEVIN YUILL, looking at the worrying data from the countries where it is already legal
