How to argue better: The winter 2019 New Humanist
Out now - also featuring Samira Ahmed on the elder stateswomen of rock, Poland's abuse scandal and Achille Mbembe on borders.
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The racial bias of algorithms
A legal case is asking the Home Office to explain how its algorithm "streams" visa applicants.
“Ignorance really is blissful, especially for the powerful”
Q&A with Linsey McGoey, author of "The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World".
Why we need serious action on antibiotic resistance
New figures show that antibiotic resistance is on the rise, even as prescriptions in England fall.
A welcome change in Northern Ireland
After years of campaigning, laws bringing abortion and marriage rights into line with the rest of the UK have passed.
“Laughing is not a political action”
Q&A with Ece Temelkuran, author of "How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship".
“If I had my way, we would drop the word ‘Renaissance’ from our historical lexicon”
Q&A with Felipe Fernández-Armesto, author of "Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It".
“There is no valid race science because race is not a valid scientific concept”
Q&A with Angela Saini, author of "Superior: The Return of Race Science".
“Privatising the causes of stress dovetails nicely with neoliberal ideology”
Q&A with Ronald Purser, author of "McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality".
R.G. Collingwood on the corruption of democracy
The philosopher, historian and archaeologist argued for the importance of "politically educated public opinion".
“Science deniers embrace a double standard of evidence”
Q&A with Lee McIntyre, author of "The Scientific Attitude".
Will tech set us free? The autumn 2019 New Humanist
Out now - also featuring a new survey on religion and atheism in Britain today, Orwell's legacy and the rise of Hindu nationalism.
The strange tradition of compulsory daily worship in schools
A couple from Oxfordshire are bringing a legal challenge, saying that their children are being religiously indoctrinated by Christian assemblies.
When sceptics get it wrong
There is almost complete consensus amongst climate scientists that the Earth is warming and human behaviour is a key factor, yet denial continues.
Asylum for Pakistani humanist rejected over failure to identify Plato and Aristotle
As a result of Hamza bin Walayat's case, Home Office staff will have compulsory training on non-religious asylum claims.