Pierce Leslie
Britain’s disability-benefit debate is commonly framed as a choice between containing spending and protecting claimants. Pierce Leslie argues that a better settlement would instead distinguish income protection from employment support and make it safer for people with partial or fluctuating capacity to work Read more
Lasse Thomassen
Humour is effective as a line of attack against authoritarian post-truthers like Trump. And like post-truth, humour is about feelings and the effect on your audience. But Lasse Thomassen suggests that humour – used well – can help make us see new truths to which we were otherwise blind Read more
Ján Michalko
A recent ruling in the case of a Slovak journalist who suffered years of online abuse is a stark reminder of widespread gendered violence against women in public life. Ján Michalko argues that this form of violence puts democracies at risk and demands an urgent response, including efforts to transform unequal gender norms that enable it Read more
Julio Alberto Barajas Servin
Mexico has adopted rules requiring broadcasters to flag programmes that mix news and opinion. Julio Alberto Barajas Servin argues that these labels should be judged by whether the people they are meant to help notice and understand them. A legal duty matters little when viewers cannot use the signal to distinguish news from commentary Read more
Azher Hameed Qamar
In the run-up to Sweden's 2026 election, far-right parties treated the hijab as proof that migrants neither belong nor can be assimilated. Azher Hameed Qamar argues that this debate reveals a democratic tension. Does equality demand sameness? Or does it protect participation despite cultural differences Read more
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