Who made the alt-right?
The emergence of a reactionary political current from the darkest corners of the internet provokes difficult questions about free speech.
Politics & Conflict
Book review: The End of Europe
Are we reaching the end of the post-World War II era in which Europe represented prosperity, peace and consensual problem-solving?
If women ruled the world
The Mosuo, a culturally isolated community in south-western China, are as close as we can get to a matriarchal society.
Apocalyptic populism
From Donald Trump to Brexit, the establishment is under fierce attack. But political populism is not simply a challenge to the neoliberal order – it is a product of it.
A prophecy of violence
The persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims has shocked many in the West – because it shows that Buddhists are also capable of sectarian conflict.
Who’s afraid of diversity in education?
There appears to be an old-fashioned backlash against any challenge to a lack of diversity in academia.
Capitalism: the winter 2017 New Humanist
Out now - how the system shapes the way we think.
An attack on free speech in Malta
The murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has worrying implications.
Fighting for abortion rights in Northern Ireland
50 years after the 1967 Abortion Act was passed, women in Northern Ireland still has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.
In a word: Corbynista
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.