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La vie en prison est une question de routine : chaque journée est identique à la précédente, chaque semaine également, de sorte que les mois et les années se fondent les uns dans les autres.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
Moe Shaik fancies himself as an analyst who can read people well. And yet, he has a rather large blind spot for his leaders – until they fall out with him.
Gentrification often leads to the eviction of poor and largely racialized populations. When a university campus drives the change, they can choose to do something about it.
The EU is loathe to let treaties fail, given the sunk costs of negotiating them, but it may walk away if Johnson doesn’t change his tune.
Research on crocodile attacks can provide insights into when and where they attack, and who they attack.
Social isolation is particularly common among early career academics – new research shows 64% of PhD candidates report such feelings.
In early 20th-century Australia, a series of highly publicised murders of women saw newspapers widely discuss sadism.
Abusive bosses might be to blame for the growing epidemic of mental ill health among UK workers.
At a time when nationalism and religious ideologies are dividing humanity, it is important to find unifying perspectives on our ‘origin story.’
Sex work using the internet is safer for sex workers and easier to police – why would MPs want to change that?
Home Office deportation targets reduce complex human stories to statistics.
The Good Friday Agreement was choreographed 20 years ago to maximise support for the deal.
Personal freedoms and self-expression have come under attack.
BBC Panorama has exposed violence and abuse of detainees at Brook House immigration removal centre.
The current system disproportionately limits opportunities for young people from low-income backgrounds.
It’s not alternative facts we need to worry about, it’s the fact that moguls still dominate the media, both old and new.
The British government is actually suggesting quite a radical change as part of leaving the EU, but it doesn’t want to make it too easy to understand.
One of the UK’s biggest export industries depends heavily on cooperation with other EU member states.
While the US is reeling from rampant fake online news, political movements in Europe are using the internet as a powerful democratic symbol to win elections. Will cyber-optimism or pessimism win?


















