International surrogacy is often reviled as a system in which Western, mostly white people, exploit the bodies of women in underdeveloped countries, who are often women of colour. A typical feature in the media will display images of poor, heavily pregnant women in saris sleeping in a crowded dormitory. But this is not the image […]
International surrogacy is often reviled as a system in which Western, mostly white people, exploit the bodies of women in underdeveloped countries, who are often women of colour. A typical feature in the media will display images of poor, heavily pregnant, sari-clad women sleeping in a crowded dormitory. But this is not the image of […]
Research carried out in India’s commercial capital, the packed city of Mumbai, found that more than half of the residents of the slums examined in three areas of the city tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus. The survey showed that 57% of the people living in these densely populated areas may now be immune […]
Two places, two very different situations, and it’s worth talking about. First, Ireland: Nphet recommendations ahead of today’s cabinet meeting: 🔸Older people asked to limit time outdoors, avoid congregated settings. 🔸Family gatherings reduced to six per house indoors, 15 outdoors. 🔸People asked to work from home if they can. https://t.co/4kGSr0MRkQ — Philip Ryan (@Philip_Ryan) August […]
Just when it seemed that President Donald Trump was heading for an inevitable defeat to Joe Biden, there are signs that he may indeed be turning things around. The polls following the Democrat convention which began on Monday evening will be interesting, as will those in the week after the Republican convention next weekend. As […]
Physicians and other healthcare professionals in the Dutch-speaking regions of Belgium who are willing to do late abortions would also support the legalisation of infanticide, according to a survey published in the journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. “Almost nine out of ten respondents (89.1%) [who do late-term terminations] agree that in the event of a […]
Bernard-Henri Lévy believes that our response is diminishing our humanity. Earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic caught Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual, overseas. He had been reporting on the plight of Lesbos, the Aegean island crowded with refugees from Syria, and then of Bangladesh, which was attempting to cope not only with Covid-19 but […]
It’s clear to anyone with eyes that, in recent decades, there has been a radical sea change in the moral direction of Western society. We see this everywhere we look. If recent opinion polls and studies are to be believed, everything that was once frowned upon in the public square – from casual sex, to […]
Rap artists Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have been making waves since the release of their new sexually-charged song and music video entitled “WAP”. In the video, both women and a posse of dancers and guests can be seen strutting around in outfits that leave nothing to the imagination, while describing themselves as ‘whores […]
“You want your window broken? You’ve really internalised capitalism if you’re more worried about getting a good nights sleep so you can FUCKING WORK, than BLACK LIVES, you piece of shit” Portland, Oregon is a barrel of laughs right now. Looking enviously at the short-lived autonomous space of Chaz in Seattle, Portland’s middle class Bolsheviks, […]
New Zealand is an island nation of about 5 million people. It is a western liberal democracy with public infrastructure and an advanced market economy. Like Ireland, New Zealand sits just off the coast of another larger island (admittedly about 4,000km off the coast, but we live in a globalised world) with which it is […]
This month, the latest Hollywood star to fall from grace is Ellen DeGeneres – the chat show host who has long been defined by her ‘Be Kind’ mantra. It has emerged that there are a few employees who certainly feel she practices very differently to what she preaches. The pile on has been huge, with […]