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No means no, it doesn’t matter how women say it

An all too common experience — When it comes to sexual harassment, the problem begins with male entitlement. Amna Saleem experienced this first hand, and it quickly became obvious she is not alone.

  • Culture
  • Amna Saleem

Neville Southall tackles... Britain's homelessness crisis

Neville Knows Best — In his new regular column, footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. For his debut, the unlikely activist takes on the homelessness crisis in Britain, accompanied by an original poem.

  • Opinion
  • Neville Southall

How business and basic bitches killed 'Woke'

Whose slang is it anyway? — It’s suffice to say that 'Woke' has become the phrase of the moment. But like so much black slang before it this is a phrase now diluted of meaning, writes Otamere Guobadia - stolen, consumed and spat out by those who commodify and co-opt before leaving language to die. That's not 'woke'.

  • Opinion
  • Otamere Guobadia

The curious case of the centrist and the train

Destination: Tedium Town — To the right they’re a proud symbol of empire, to the left an emancipatory vehicle to a utopian socialist future. But no corner of British politics has a more warped view of the humble train than the centrist, argues Tom Whyman.

  • Opinion
  • Tom Whyman

In banning its critics, Israel has proven not all Jews are welcome

From Where I Stand — Groups who criticise Israel have been banned from entering the country, a blacklist including Jewish-led organisations. Israel’s veneer of liberal democracy continues to slip, argues Alon Aviram. The religious nationalist state is abandoning a founding principle - the Jewish right of return - to silence dissent.

  • Opinion
  • Alon Aviram

It’s time to talk about how Britain treats its homeless

From Where I Stand — A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable – and as it gears up for 2018’s Royal Wedding, the UK is already showing its true colours, writes Dawn Foster.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

This year I learnt... the journey to racial progress isn’t linear

What 2017 taught me — Charlottesville; Trump; Munroe Bergdorf; Diane Abbott; Lola Olufemi. In 2017 stories about race gave us little to celebrate, teaching Otamere Guobadia that racial justice and equality isn’t always moving forward.

  • Opinion
  • Otamere Guobadia

This year I learnt... that reaching out about my mental health saved my life

What 2017 taught me — It might sound cliché to say we need to 'talk about' mental health. Certainly talking alone won't solve the crisis. But for Ben Smoke, 2017 was the year in which learning to reach out might well have helped a disaster be avoided.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

This year I learnt... to not feel ashamed of being working class

What 2017 taught me — From Grenfell to universal credit, 2017 exposed how working class Brits continue to be treated with contempt. For Tom Rasmussen, this was the year of defiantly taking pride in having working class roots.

  • Opinion
  • Tom Rasmussen

This year I learnt... despite the odds, Labour looks like a government in waiting

What 2017 taught me — This week, Huck contributors reflect on what they've learnt in 2017. First up is Dawn Foster, who looks back at how the 2017 general election disproved every line of the British political rulebook.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

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