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Fast fashion’s sustainability drive is a sham

Pretty little liars — Fashion behemoth PrettyLittleThing’s plan to launch a resale marketplace is nothing but a ploy to make consumers buy more, writes Frances Leach.

  • Activism
  • Frances Leach

The IOPC report shows it‘s time to abolish the police

ACAB — A damning report from the police watchdog has shed light on the culture of bullying, racism and misogyny within the Met. It should make clear that the police are beyond reform, argues Ben Smoke.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

West Elm Caleb is a reminder that abuse is not a buzzword

After the uproar — Last week, a viral TikTok about a certain New York-based furniture designer sparked an internet furore. The drama should make us question whether condemning people in the harshest possible terms harms far more than it helps.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

Who are the voters under threat from the Elections Bill?

Lost voices — The government’s proposed changes to the UK’s election laws have been described as an ‘attack on democracy’. Those set to be impacted explain why the bill risks silencing them.

  • Activism
  • Maddy Dhesi

Politics For All is over, but the memeification of news isn‘t

Stop the press! — Recently, a popular news aggregation service was kicked off Twitter. But its demise does not spell the end of shareable, digestible headlines prone to spreading misinformation.

  • Activism
  • Naomi Smith

As a Black Bristolian, the Colston verdict is bittersweet

Toppling racism — This week, a jury acquitted the four BLM protestors accused of illegally removing a statue of slave trader Edward Colston. But whether the law would’ve had such empathy for Black people in the same position is questionable, writes Aaliyah Miller.

  • Activism
  • Aaliyah Miller

Universities are failing students on the climate crisis

Divestment now — Rather than syphoning off students’ exorbitant fees to fossil fuels and arms companies, universities have a duty to set an example, writes NUS Vice President Hillary Gyebi-Ababio.

  • Activism
  • Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

As an Insulate Britain activist in prison, I keep on fighting

‘I haven’t regretted a second‘ — Emma Smart, 44, vowed to stop eating when she was jailed in November for breaching an M25 injunction. Writing on her 26th day of a hunger strike, she explains why she believes her actions are necessary in the fight to save humanity.

  • Activism
  • Emma Smart

Drag Race's lack of diversity is failing the LGBTQ+ community

Bring in the kings — The decision to cast the show's first cis-het contestant has sparked a furore, and speaks to Drag Race's ongoing failure to represent the diversity of its queer fanbase.

  • Opinion
  • Joe Parslow

Why are trans people still left out of the AIDS narrative?

World AIDS Day — Despite huge advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, discrimination and marginalisation of trans people is exacerbating the risks this community face when it comes to condition.

  • Activism
  • Liam Konemann

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