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On Transforming Society, we look at National Ugly Mugs and CEO Raven Bowen’s contribution to the government’s consultation on sex-for-rent. The cost-of-living and housing crises have created a perfect storm of conditions ripe for exploitation.…Read more
Stewart Lansley, author of ‘The Richer, The Poorer’, discusses wealth inequality in Britain ahead of a free webinar on 13 September.…Read more
John Foster, author of 'Realism and the Climate Crisis', wonders what can break our habit for jetting off on foreign holidays, which seems not even to falter when we’re met by a wildfire at our destination. …Read more
David C. Lane and Kristen M. Budd, co-editors of 'Beyond Bars', consider what has led to the dire state of mass incarceration in the US. …Read more
Gerry Mitchell and Marcos González Hernando, authors of ‘Uncomfortably Off', explain why it's time for higher earners to reset their attitudes towards social inequality.…Read more
The authors of a recent article for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence conducted surveys with festival attendees to see the extent of safety at music festivals. These findings revealed that women consistently reported a distressing normalisation of unwelcome attention, harassment, invasive touching and violence.…Read more
The authors of a recent Policy & Politics article examine the politics of the pandemic and suggest that making policy decisions based only on scientific evidence is impossible, as ‘the science’ is always contested and, therefore, represents an abdication of responsibility by politicians. …Read more
Warren Chin, author of 'War, Technology and the State', looks at the effect of the fourth industrial revolution on the relationship between war and the state.…Read more
Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more
Tom Boland and Jody Moore-Ponce consider the limits of self-examination and ‘confessional critique’ in recent antiracist writing. This liberal, individually focused critique rarely translates into effective political action. …Read more