Empire: the summer 2017 New Humanist
Out now - how a history of conquest shapes the present
Politics & Conflict
Becoming British
As a teenager, I fought hard to feel like I belonged. Now, that right is being undermined – for me and millions of others.
In search of whiteness
Identity politics is back with a vengeance in 2017 – but one particular kind of identity is often left unexplored. Lola Okolosie and Vron Ware ask why.
Charles Taylor: How to win the argument
Community and tradition don’t have to be set against migration, change and difference, argues the philosopher Charles Taylor.
Book review: Charges – The Supplicants
Elfriede Jelinek's play is a blistering indictment of European asylum policy, and the indifference or hostility of some Europeans.
Book review: The Battle for British Islam
Sara Khan's book is essential reading for those who care about building and maintaining a peaceful, plural society.
What Silvio Berlusconi tells us about “post-truth” politics
Donald Trump’s populism has a striking precedent. So what can we learn from the Berlusconi era?
The Rojava experiment
Behind the frontlines in Syria, a self-governing Kurdish region is making a radical attempt at gender equality.
A politics of humanism can help build a just, free and more equal world
Intolerance and bigotry are in the ascendant. Owen Jones surveys the challenges ahead.
Age of extremes: the spring 2017 New Humanist
Out now - a special edition on democracy and its discontents.