Gender inequality is alive and well at the office – and another degree won’t help you beat it
If you’re a woman working in an office, chances are you’re at least as educated, if not more so, than ...
University attempts to ‘freeze out’ student occupation by cutting electricity
The ongoing stand-off between a student occupation and the executive body of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) ...
Darkness means danger for women in refugee camps. Urine-powered lights could help save them [video]
Darkness is a growing risk factor for women being attacked in refugee camps across Europe as we head into winter. ...
Cornwall leads the way in austerity busting alternatives
Despite deepening levels of poverty, Cornish communities are showing there are ways of creating alternatives to austerity and deprivation. One ...
Jeremy Hunt lies to junior doctors over pay – again!
This Wednesday, Jeremy Hunt gave a guarantee to junior doctors that “no junior doctor will see their pay cut compared to ...
84-year-old man dies after being shackled for five hours by UK immigration due to ‘Home Office rules’ (video)
In 2013, 84-year-old engineer Alois Dvorzac suffered a fatal heart attack after being held in shackles for five hours by ...
Why is the US still blockading Cuba?
At the end of last year it looked hopeful that Cuba was finally going to be able to benefit from ...
It’s not just tampons, our entire tax system is stacked against women
The ‘tampon tax’, which effectively taxes women for having uteruses, may soon be relegated to history, where it belongs. But ...
The EU just defended us from Facebook snooping, will Cameron opt out of that?
A recent European Court of Justice (CJEU) decision has forced the Irish authorities to investigate a Facebook privacy complaint, which it ...
Yes cut tax credits, but introduce a proper living wage
George Osborne's planned tax credit cuts have been a topic of heated debate, but absent is the nature of tax ...
BBC Newsnight targeted by counter-terrorism cops
The raid on BBC Newsnight’s ‘homegrown jihadis’ expert is the latest attempt to close down the debate around extremism. A ...
How science could be tricking us onto the therapist’s couch
Psychotherapy isn’t as effective at treating depression as published clinical trials suggest, and thanks to a bias in scientific publishing, ...
Police beat us, but we still stand with refugees
On Saturday evening 300 people attempted to enter St Pancras International train station to protest in solidarity with refugees in ...
Osborne suffers humiliating defeat on tax credit cuts as Lords back “common people”
In a move that raises serious questions over the authority of David Cameron’s government, the House of Lords has twice ...
Local councils could hold key to blocking more Tory cuts
As austerity begins to bite really deep, people are urging their local representatives to reject the government’s relentless cuts. Regional ...
Our country just tried to jail a woman over a sticker in a bid to outlaw peaceful protest (VIDEO)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) just attempted to prosecute a woman over a sticker placed on a window, even though ...
Tories shun our steel industry over HS2 railway
George Osborne has offered £11.8bn in railway construction contracts to the Chinese, while our steel industry is facing a crisis. ...
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