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Rallying to raise awareness of Nigerian tragedy

I am Charlie but I am Baga too — Why did newspapers react in horror to the Charlie Hebdo attacks but barely comment on the recent atrocities in Nigeria?

  • Opinion
  • Shelley Jones

Luxury London is a vision of hell

Ads for high-rise flats get creepier and creepier — What kind of future do we want for our cities if elitism and sexism helps sell 'The Dream'?

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

How can we stop the Charlie Hebdo attacks deepening divisions?

Combatting Islamophobia and the far-right — In the wake of the Paris shootings, Huck asks how we can come together to move beyond hatred.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

Don't let Charlie Hebdo become a fearmonger's tool

Is our freedom really under threat? — The murder of 12 people at French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7 was not the act of a world-conquering empire, says Tetsuhiko Endo. Beware the man - or woman - who tells you otherwise.

  • Opinion
  • Tetsuhiko Endo

Cameron's 'bro' chat reveals how out of touch he is

Politicians' desperate lingo — When Cameron describes how Obama calls him 'bro' he is desperately trying to stay relevant to a generation who is tired of his shit. Michael Fordham explains.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

Cop shoots black man and gets away with it. When will the injustice end?

The weak and the powerful — In the aftermath of Ferguson's grand jury decision on Michael Brown's shooting, Ted Endo dynamites whatever crumb's left of the mythologised American dream.

  • Opinion
  • Ted Endo

Why the Grand Jury have failed to bring justice in Ferguson

Have we learned nothing since Rodney King? — Huck asks US police brutality experts if victims will ever get justice and what needs to change to end the violence.

  • Opinion
  • Alex King

Iconic music critic Byron Coley looks for traces of NYC's No Wave in contemporary culture

Jim Jarmusch, The Julie Ruin, Magik Markers and more — Is the spirit of the Lower East Side's anti-capitalist underground still alive?

  • Opinion
  • Byron Coley

How Doc Paskowitz changed our lives...

Are you living the dream? — When graphic designer Guy Browning and photographer Lucy Browning saw Surfwise, a film about Doc Paskowitz's unorthodox life, they decided to make a big change.

  • Opinion
  • Lucy Browning

Filmmaker Yony Leyser unpacks the myth of Berlin's underground

Capital of the disenfranchised? — It's been 25 years since the Berlin Wall fell. But can the united city hold onto its liberal reputation? Filmmaker Yony Leyser describes his last five years in Germany's Shangri-La.

  • Opinion
  • Yony Leyser

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