Politics & Conflict

Degrees of separation

Degrees of separation

This year, a record number of student activists have been found guilty of terrorist crimes. As the new academic year begins, Paul Sims assesses how universities are dealing with the…

Moral maze

Moral maze

Platitudes and peacekeepers are not enough for Darfur, argues Stephen Eric Bronner

Ripped from their lives

Ripped from their lives

When Roosevelt ordered the relocation of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, Dorothea Lang was commissioned to document their removal. Linda Gordon unearths the hidden portraits of a people dispossessed

Kids united

Kids united

Northern Ireland's integrated education movement holds lessons for the faith school debate, says Gary Kent

We’re all humanists now

We’re all humanists now

A new opinion poll shows that the majority of British people trust science more than religion and do not base their morality on religious belief. Andrew Copson reports

Sexual cleansing

Sexual cleansing

Islamist death squads in Iraq are targeting gays and lesbians, reports Peter Tatchell

Peace Warriors

Peace Warriors

Ron Dudai meets the men of violence who have changed their minds

Hostile takeover

Hostile takeover

A powerful coalition is trying to define Europe as Christian. And, warns Donald Sassoon, they must be stopped at once

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