What the ‘love-jihad’ laws mean for the future freedom of Indian citizens
Illustration by Felix Pawlyn Earlier this month the Indian Supreme Court refused to curb so-called “love jihad” laws: laws intended to stop religious conversion marriages. This occurred in three Indian…
What can we learn from the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Illustration by Felix Pawlyn The recent death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has exposed the lack of democracy at the heart of the US political system. Justice Ginsburg, who died in…
Presidential debates and Supreme Court nominations: the US election so far
llustrations by Hannah Robinson In boxing, a boxer who overreaches can usually expect to find himself on the canvas. The same tends to apply to politics. Throughout the US presidential campaign…
America’s racist history – how we can make the future different?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Three weeks ago, I wrote an article commenting on how the fatal shooting of unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery was symptomatic of a system which prioritizes the…
Has the Supreme Court declared itself all-powerful?
Illustration by Hannah Robinson We are living through perhaps the most significant time for the development of our unwritten constitution since the 1688-9 “glorious revolution” which laid the foundations for…
We can lose everything else, but we can’t lose hope
This month has been particularly tough for those of us who want to believe the world isn’t going to shit. With the seemingly never-ending series of hopeless Brexit negotiations taking…