The U.S. government has the official public policy of never negotiating with terrorists, paying them ransom or otherwise surrendering to their demands. The logic is simple: to give in to terrorists i…
Over the past two years, Extinction Rebellion (XR) emerged into the climate movement with explosive energy. Thousands of people in Europe and the United States mobilized to engage in civil disobedien…
This interview is part of ourEconomy’s series on theUS election. Lauren Ashcraft is running for the US House to represent New Yorks 12th congressional district. The district encompasses the wealthie…
The coronavirus pandemic is transforming our political reality and our lives. Unnerving images of hospitals overflowing with bodies, miles-long car lines for food banks, and police using the emergenc…
Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Climate Mindset For some youth, being part of the solution means focusing their entire lives on the climate crisis. For Xiye Bastida, a 17-year-old climate justi…
London Is Open. How many times did we hear the city’s two-bob chancer of a mayor Sadiq Khan parrot that trite slogan in the wake of the Brexit referendum? He even lit up the London Eye in the colou…
One day in the summer of 2017, I was sitting at a cafe table in the atrium of Portcullis House, across the road from the Palace of Westminster. With indoor trees and a good coffee bar, its a pleasant place for politicians and their staff to meet, outside thei…
The government is poised to push for a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis, one of the new Tory party MPs has said, in a way that could wipe out the mistakes made in shutting down the coal industry under Margaret Thatcher. I very much hope we will hea…
Springwatch is back, just as were all falling in love with nature again during lockdown but the massively popular British wildlife show is also being forced to change, in a way that will challenge its main star. Emotionally and psychologically, I am quite pr…
Image copyrightEveryday Plastic/Andrew Roberts Image caption Ava Roberts and her family got involved with Everyday Plastic’s virtual workshops With people stuck at home, you might think the traditional notion of a protest is impossible. But campaigners and…
