“We often tend to automatically equate disability with suffering or tragedy”
Q&A with George Estreich, author of "Fables and Futures".
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“The blanket framing of a group can fuel contempt and hatred”
Q&A with James Morrison, author of "Scroungers".
Nations – what are they good for? The spring 2019 New Humanist
Out now - featuring bacteriophages, abortion rights in America and true crime.
The limits of facial recognition technology
Despite evidence of in-built racial bias, unregulated facial recognition software is widely used.
Aasia Bibi freed, but the injustice of Pakistan’s blasphemy law continues
The Islamist groups that were seeking Bibi's execution are defending an intolerant, inward-looking iteration of Pakistan.
The reality of climate change
Even in a best case scenario, 36 per cent of the glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya range will disappear by 2100, says new report.
“This commonly held Western perception is actually profoundly misguided”
Q&A with John McHugo, author of "A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi‘is".
“Secularism in India is almost a defeated force”
Q&A with James Crabtree, author of "The Billionare Raj".
“We have no real answer to the question ‘what is consciousness?'”
Neuropsychologist Marc Wittman on what we can learn from the study of altered states of consciousness.
“Borders are man-made fictions, inequality is a man-made reality for millions”
Q&A with Lyndsey Stonebridge, author of "Placeless People"
The problem with academic publishing
A recent hoax by three academics sought to highlight "identitarian madness" - but illustrates a decline in publishing standards.
Justice deferred in Northern Ireland
The battle over abortion rights in Northern Ireland is continuing in the courts.