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March 01, 2021

Gay British Tamil community: a double barrier to celebrating Pride

Gay Pride is synonymous with inclusivity and celebration. However, for people of colour, few safe and intersectional spaces exist. This is especially true within the British Tamil community, of...

Do journalists need qualifications?

Claire George This time last year I had an inkling that my job as an editor for OhmyNews international wasn't safe. I wanted to make sure that I would be able to continue my media journey so I applied to study an MA in journalism at a British universit ...

Fur fabulous fur

Winifred Adeyemi It's cold outside. The wind howls like a predatory wolf. The sky is grey. The mood is bleak. It is the perfect time of year to treat yourself to the ultimate luxury and winter bonus: a fabulous fur coat. Times have changed and th ...

Guantanamo is not Nuremburg

Chris Gelken As the movement for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and his deputy Dick Cheney for war crimes grows on an almost daily basis, how bitterly ironic is it that the White House would instruct its diplomats overseas to compare the mili ...

Facebook can be a vital news media tool

Daniel Triplow Today I have been sent four drinks, a bunch of flowers and a pair of otters. I've discovered that my friend Nick is bored at work, Jenny is counting down the days to her birthday in seven months time and Alice is ill, but happy none the ...

Why I'm Backing Barack

Shahid Miah "All my life I wanted to vote for an African-American president and all my life I wanted to vote for a woman president," the former US president Bill Clinton said on Sunday. And I agree. If I was an American, I would be very much sp ...

OBAMA MAKES PERSONAL APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

Barack ObamaDear Colleagues on The-Latest, Today, 22 states across the country are holding Democratic caucuses and primaries. You can help Get Out The Vote in these crucial contests by calling fellow supporters from your own home.Please use my online call ...

Wow what a turn-off

Luca Saviozzi Windows Vista was launched with the phrase "The wow starts now". And Microsoft's wow started with a bang: 88 million copies were shipped in the first nine months, making it the fastest-selling operating system (O ...

Why I blew the whistle on Mayor Livingstone

The political chief of Britain's capital city has become besieged by allegations of misdeeds and a far-left conspiracy that could sink his bid for re-election this year. On Monday, an explosive piece of Channel Four Tv investigative journalism about ...

'Militant' Political Plotters Who Run City Hall

Marc Wadsworth - The-Latest EXCLUSIVE London Mayor Ken 'teflon' Livingstone has lost his famed non-stickability following weeks of news media coverage which has uncovered corruption at the heart of his City Hall administration. But while Livingston ...

AND THEN CAME OBAMA

Much has been written about the charismatic new politician Barack Obama's chances of becoming America's first Black president. Here US academic and prize-winning Online Columnist for The-Latest, Thomas L. Blair surveys key turning points and dilemm ...

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