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The Caracas drag scene is a refuge for the city’s outsiders

As violence and turmoil continue to beset the Venezuelan capital, the drag community has positioned itself at the forefront of a DIY fightback – one that refuses to stand by and watch the city crumble.

  • Magazine
  • Lexi Parra

A brief history of voter suppression in the U.S.

Land of the free — Trump’s efforts to undermine postal voting are just the latest instalment in a long and fraught saga dating back to the country’s origins.

  • Activism
  • John Surico

History tells us that the Israel-UAE treaty is doomed to fail

More empty words — The ‘historic’ peace agreement has been heralded as a major breakthrough – but as long as Palestinian voices remain unheard, very little will change.

  • Opinion
  • Anmol Irfan

Charting the rise of radical, independent unions

United Voices — A documentary follows United Voices of the World as they fight for key workers’ rights, demonstrating how new, grassroots unions are reimagining collectivism and solidarity in the modern world.

  • Film
  • Katie Goh

Britain needs safe and legal routes to asylum now

It’s time to act — A teenage boy has died after trying to cross the Channel. If the UK’s toxic asylum policy remains, he won’t be the last.

  • Opinion
  • Mary Atkinson

How Greek hip hop is thriving in the face of hostility

Midas touch — Problems in Greece are far from over. But amid the turmoil and division, a group of young Athens artists have built a dynamic scene from the embers of crisis – one that serves as a direct rebuke to those seeking to other them.

  • Magazine
  • Alex King

Huck 73: The Sanctuary Issue

Out now! — We were ready to release our new issue back in March. Then the world fell off a cliff. Five months later, we have a magazine that exists freely between Then and Now: a collection of stories about hope and resilience, at a time when we need them more than ever.

  • Culture
  • Huck

Cancel culture, and the toxic rebranding of the ‘woke left’

The free speech myth — The ability to actually ‘cancel’ anyone remains with private entities and the state, not the left. So why does everyone keep saying free speech is under attack?

  • Opinion
  • Tristan Cross

Grenfell artist Khadija Saye is being publicly celebrated

Art on the streets — The Gambian-British photographer, who tragically died in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, is being celebrated in a new public art project.

  • Art
  • Eva Clifford

We’re Jewish, and we want the occupation of Palestine to end

#ActionsNotWords — Last night a group of Jewish activists projected images onto the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, calling for action on Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Here, they explain why they did it.

  • Opinion
  • Mia Rafalowicz-Campbell

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