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Category: Medium Reads

Is Sexism an Islamic Problem?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Often when we hear the words Islam and Women, we perhaps imagine a burqa, hijab or niqab. Women in the Middle East are treated poorly: this is undeniable. Nevertheless, more […]

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Mohamud Ahmed Medium Reads, Politics

Should Comedians from Minority Groups Base their Comedy on Stereotypes and Slurs about their own Groups?

Reading Time: 6 minutes Political correctness is often portrayed as a shackle that censors any form of self-expression. In this current political landscape, comedy is one of the last safe houses where people feel […]

December 27, 2020December 27, 2020 Aarit Bhattacharya Medium Reads, Politics

An Evaluation of The Centrality of Sport to National Identity

Reading Time: 4 minutes The fabric that is a national identity is composed of shared experiences, stories and concepts that are dispersed among a particular group of people. Historically these have often centered around […]

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 colloquiumnews International Relations, Medium Reads, Medium Reads, Politics

Should we advocate for democracy as an innate human right?

Reading Time: 5 minutes A human right is not something that can be traded off for something else. Rights are absolute, there are no caveats and they must be upheld regardless. Democracy is often […]

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Aarit Bhattacharya Medium Reads, Medium Reads, Philosophy, Politics

The Struggle of Belarus

Reading Time: 4 minutes Alexander Lukashenko has been president since the establishment of the role and the office in 1994, following his election into the supreme council of the now defunct republic of Belarus. […]

September 13, 2020October 1, 2020 Ola Akintola Medium Reads, Politics

What Explains the Global Rise of Populism?

Reading Time: 5 minutes The dawn of civilization established and rooted hierarchies that from the very beginning pigeonholed humanity into various ordered groups, dividing it into extremes of economic, cultural and political power. Indeed, […]

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 Maxwell DeLorenzo Medium Reads, Politics

How We Can Change the Electoral College System

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the year 2000, after 36 days of recounting Florida was handed to George W Bush setting the scene for his next 8 years in Washington D.C. The decisive margin, […]

June 9, 2020July 5, 2020 Cees Armstrong Medium Reads, Politics

Should the Response to Global Pandemics Be Led by Politicians or Experts?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Humanity’s collective reaction to COVID-19 has accentuated the differences between the various political systems and governments currently ruling their own corners of the world. China amazed many with its rapid […]

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Maxwell DeLorenzo Medium Reads, Politics

Why Private Schools should not pay VAT

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Labour party have always suggested that private schools start paying VAT for years, but this is a disastrous idea. Keir Starmer, the newly elected Labour leader said last month that […]

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 Ambrose Mui Economics, Medium Reads, Medium Reads, Politics

The Future of Urbanisation in the Global South- How can it be Sustainable?

Reading Time: 6 minutes It seems that, looking at the past and near future, one of the reliable and guaranteed trends in industrialised human society is that of rapid urbanisation, as populations shift from […]

March 19, 2020March 14, 2020 Maxwell DeLorenzo Medium Reads, Politics

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