Comment & Analysis

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The Feasibility and Legitimacy of Policing Rhetoric

House of Lords backs controversial proposal to criminalise saying ‘Up the Ra’
By Felicia Zhou
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Chokehold: How Iran’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is Breaking the World’s Economy – and the Western Alliance With It

Nearly 2,000 ships sit motionless, waiting. One narrow strip of water has become the hinge on which the entire conflict turns, and Iran knows exactly what it is worth
By Eliza Heaslip
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And the Oscar Goes to: Jefferey Epstein

How did Jeffrey Epstein wriggle his way into the Hollywood scene, and who was he kicking it with?
By Genevieve Brick
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Who’s Afraid of Tipping Culture?

Why do our fingers tentatively hover over the “add tip” option?
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Fixing Fast Fashion: Why Boycotts Are Not Enough

As ultra-fast fashion worsens industry conditions, real improvement depends on stronger regulation, not just ethical consumerism
By Sadhbh Doherty
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Unravelling the Manosphere

It’s easy to laugh at the idiocracy, until it affects you
By Evie Doyle
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Cesar Chavez: A Legacy of Progressive Patriarchy

The recent allegations against the civil rights icon reveal a not-so-contradictory truth about misogyny in left-wing spaces
By Powell Sherrod
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Playing a Dangerous Game: Ireland vs Israel and the Politics of Sport

The removal of Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne from Drogheda United FC following her condemnation of the upcoming Nations League fixture illustrates the kinship of politics and sport
By Yasmin Rasheed
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Contribution

In Defence of Seagulls

The birds run this city, its time that we let them
By Lotta Scheffel
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Opera, Ballet and Chalamet

What Timothée Chalamet’s comments – and the backlash to them – might tell us about the value we assign to these art forms
By Oliver Donnellan