Families are facing a summer of poverty
Schoolchildren are avoiding extra-curricular activities as they lack basic equipment and are arriving at school hungry. KEITH STODDART explains how the People’s Assembly Scotland is ready to support Scottish councillors who are standing against this injustice
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
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A TRIP abroad for many these days may not seem like a big deal, but for one group of young Scots schoolchildren it was totally unexpected.
This was not a typical class outing — the four young primary pupils made the 1,800-mile round trip from their school to the grand halls of the United Nations human rights council.
The 10-year-olds were in Geneva to hear about the need to tackle poverty in Britain.
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