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Disabled protestors demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament about cuts to d
By Caroline Criado-Perez - 04 October 16:11

Tax evasion, not disability benefit fraud, is the real scandal.

Hacker
By Alex Ward - 03 October 18:18

We should all know better.

Pavlova. Image from Flickr/AnnCN, used under Creative Commons.
By Natalie Guest - 03 October 14:43

Not for us ladyfolk the stern black and white logic of the business pages! Not for us the brain-taxing Sudoku, with its spiky numbers and glaring empty boxes, says Natalie Guest.

The new Minister for Women and Equalities, Maria Miller.
By Zoe Stavri - 03 October 14:19

Zoe Stavri argues that the women's minister's focus on reducing the abortion time limit is either misguided or disingenuous.

Breast cakes. KHRawlings/Flickr
By Martin Robbins - 03 October 12:08

At worst, campaigners are engaging in exactly the same sort of sexual policing and censorship that The Sun does. The answer is more nudity, not less, says Martin Robbins.

Glenn Beck
By Alex Ward - 03 October 9:22

Right-winger's outburst comes straight out of left–field

New Statesman
By Jamie Mackay - 03 October 8:26

Research shows that the BBC failed to report the objections to the legislation found in other media outlets.

Cat wearing a crown
By Alex Ward - 02 October 15:41

Looking at LOLcats could benefit your workflow.

Ed Miliband and Ed Balls
By Matt Forde - 02 October 9:00

They’re good to watch on TV but it’s better to be there.

New Statesman
By Jacob Diggle - 01 October 17:58

Viktor Orban’s government is returning the country to totalitarianism.

Children from the Roma community in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern France
By Valeria Costa-Kostritsky - 01 October 16:45

Like their classmates, Roma children in one Paris suburb are getting to grips with a new school year - but French ministers continue to play politics with their future.

Nuts magazine covers.
By Caron Lindsay - 27 September 14:09

To read a lads' mag in public is to declare that women's bodies are public property.

A newspaper advertising board outside a corner shop in the Lancashire town of Ro
By Daniel Trilling - 27 September 12:48

Despite Rochdale social services being told that the girls were at risk, they did not intervene.

Student protesters march in London against cuts in November 2011.
By Ray Filar - 27 September 12:10

After the raging days of resistance, the left has become quiet, resigned and accepting.

Paul Kagame
By Mike Hale - 27 September 8:00

The "aid success story" in Rwanda was key to detoxifying the Tory brand. Is that why Andrew Mitchell personally intervened to restore its budget, despite fears that the country is funding violent rebels in the Congo?

Newly elected Somali president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud
By Anonymous Geographer - 25 September 12:53

All the more important as an MP from the new parliament is gunned down in a Mogadishu street.

Marine Le Pen
By Marley Morris - 25 September 12:11

The received view does not quite match the reality of these crucial "reluctant radicals".

Police outside the Downing Street gate. Photo: Getty Images
By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi - 25 September 10:43

Whether or not the Chief Whip said “plebs” is irrelevant if he is allowed to evade the rule of law applicable to the ordinary people, says Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi.

John Terry
By Cameron Sharpe - 24 September 16:10

Muddying the waters of sport’s great taboo does no one any favours.

Great Ormond Street Hospital nurses perform during the Olympic opening ceremony.
By Neel Sharma - 24 September 15:40

Without swift work to rectify this problem, patient care will suffer.

The Domestic Violence Awareness Mural: "A Survivor's Journey" (2010) by Joel Ber
By Craig Harper - 24 September 13:44

Not everyone with prior domestic violence convictions goes on to reoffend.

Death is a natural process
By Sally Foster-Fulton - 24 September 11:48

There are times when it is better to "let nature take its course".

Hindenburgplatz
By James Dawson - 24 September 10:51

A referendum in a German town over a street name sparks a debate over whether ambiguous historical figures should be honoured.

Food aid is collected in a Kenyan refugee camp. Credit: Getty Images
By Deborah Doane - 23 September 9:21

Foreign aid should be investigated, but in the right way

Pro-life protestor in the US. Credit: Getty Images
By Peter Ede - 22 September 11:13

What happens when rights collide

Rebel forces in Syria. Credit: Getty Images
By Tam Hussein - 22 September 10:11

Until they get organised, more blood will flow

Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Credit: Getty Images
By Aaron Vallely - 22 September 9:27

Enda Kenny must acknowledge the damage done by the Catholic Church to Ireland

New Statesman
By Roeland Termote - 21 September 15:52

Disaffected voters could start flowing back to the fringes as austerity hardens.

Frisky business. Photo: Getty
By John Doe - 20 September 12:44

For three years, "John Doe" went to lapdancing clubs every other month. Here, he graphically describes the experience - and argues that feminist articles on stripping often miss the mark.

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