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What happens after you get deported?

‘I thought I had rights’ — Earlier this year, a deportation flight carrying 29 people from the UK arrived in Jamaica, stirring concerns over the Home Office’s controversial tactics. But what happened after it landed?

Written by: Bethan Staton

Music

In Lisbon, the dancefloor is still a site of resistance

Political parties — Despite most clubs in the city being whitewashed and shuttered with harsher licenses, a host of rebel collectives are fighting back – carving out inclusive spaces that don’t shy away from politics.

Written by: Peter Yeung

Activism

Air pollution is a global issue – it’s time to face the dirty truth

An invisible crisis — To mark the publication of her first book, we speak with journalist and author Beth Gardiner about the sheer scale of health effects that come with breathing dirty air – an issue responsible for seven million premature deaths every year.

Written by: Niall Flynn

Opinion

Right-wing nation: how the UK media became broken & biased

We deserve better — Racism, bigotry, and a slowly shifting centre – writer Micha Frazer-Carroll explores how the British press became partisan without anyone noticing.

Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll

Magazine

Huck: The Hedonism Issue

Out now! — This issue is a celebration of pleasure-seeking at its purest: the lessons learned when ‘excess’ and ‘extreme’ become a way of life.

Written by: Huck

Surf

The surf club raising funds for at risk children in Liberia

Harper Sliders — Raising funds through Kickstarter, Liberia’s Harper Sliders club wants to teach local children the healing power of surfing.

Written by: Mike Fordham

Activism

Life lessons from Barack Obama’s right-hand woman

‘Xanax goes a really long way’ — From bagging groceries to leading White House operations, Alyssa Mastromonaco was described as one of the ‘most powerful, least famous’ people in Washington. She talks stress, social anxiety and the perils of corporate feminism.

Written by: Briony Cartmell

Photography

Two years on: a photographic tribute to Standing Rock

‘The fight isn’t over’ — Photographer Ryan Vizzions looks back on one of the largest protest movements in American history: what’s changed since, and what he hopes will come next.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Activism

The story behind the UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ helpline

Call the Switchboard — After picking up their first ever call in March 1974, the phones at Switchboard haven’t stopped ringing since. Supporting the community through decriminalisation, the AIDS epidemic, Section 28, and into the present, their volunteers are there to listen around the clock; no matter the query.

Written by: El Hunt

Activism

Journalism’s future: finding truth in a post-truth world

The man behind Bellingcat — With his open-source website Bellingcat, journalist Eliot Higgins has uncovered the story behind the Skripal poisonings, flight MH17, and the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Now, he’s taking his investigations to the next level.

Written by: Hannah Clugston

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