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• A new era of ethical GM crops?

  Progress in genetic engineering could help us feed the global poor and cope with climate chaos.

• Deporting Black Britons w/ Luke de Noronha

  A conversation about borders and belonging, through the story of the thousands of Black Britons deported to Jamaica.

• In Kenya, the pandemic has shown that church leaders are out of control

  Since Covid-19 hit Kenya, one of the most populous countries in Africa, faith leaders have been flaunting the rules.

• Inside Diyarbakır, the city of the silenced

  In a climate of worsening oppression, Turkey’s Kurdish population is still struggling for basic rights

• "Wollstonecraft thought that we live in a hall of mirrors"

  Q&A with Sylvana Tomaselli, author of "Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion, and Politics", a new look at the philosopher and moralist best known for "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman".

• A history of violence

  For years, Americans debated whether Trumpism was fascism. But is it valid to compare atrocities?

• "Many of us will experience disability in our lives"

  Q&A with Dan Goodley, author of "Disability and Other Human Questions".

• Mother and baby homes: when sorry isn't enough

  Church leaders in Ireland have become highly skilled at apologising for the past abuses of their institutions, but meaningful redress must be provided to survivors of the horrific system of mother and baby homes.

• Wollstonecraft in relief

  A new book on the writer, philosopher and advocate of women's rights sheds light on the ongoing furore over the statue at Newington Green.

• Burning bones

  Greece has run out of burial space, but the Orthodox Church won’t allow cremation. Is its motive purely spiritual?