The weight of the patriarchy makes me walk slow
As a slow walker, I am often teased about the pace in which I walk. I recently joked that it...
human rights
Milk vs Money: The cost of the longest U.S. government shutdown on 42 million SNAP recipients
Everyone will remember the headlines about the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, fewer will remember the empty fridges and...
Campaign Groups Urge Saudi Authorities to Release University of Leeds Student ‘within days’ From Saudi Prison
A recent open letter, published 15/01/2025, has urged Saudi authorities to release Salma al-Shehab from Saudi imprisonment and grant her...
“Leeds Students Welcome Refugees” – Student Societies Show Solidarity with Ukraine
The LUU societies STAR (Student Action for Refugees) and Amnesty International have been organising displays of solidarity with Ukraine around...
What a court case about a cake says of religious expression and LGBTQ rights in Northern Ireland
In 2014, a Christian-run bakery in Belfast sparked controversy when they refused to make a cake for local gay rights...
Love Bomb: The West’s obsession with dropping bombs and extrajudicial killing
To some, War is a continuation of politics through other means. In this sense, the battlefield becomes an extension of...
“There is no future. I can’t see any future, especially for girls.”
It has been six weeks since Taliban forces seized control of Kabul, Afghanistan, exactly twenty years after they were removed...