Author: Bea White
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Governments around the world have used the label “terrorist” to define a specific group of enemies in the public consciousness and justify its actions to fight them. A look back at the term’s origins shows how it has evolved over time – to a point where it is now largely meaningless yet remains a useful…
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The harrowing revelations of sustained sexual violence, carried out and coordinated by Dominique Pelicot against his wife, Gisèle, has been a moment of reckoning with rape culture in France and beyond. For it to mark a meaningful turning point in public perceptions, what needs to change?
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An MEP criticizes journalists’ framing of migration issues but misses an opportunity to address the substance of inhumane right-wing policies.
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With reports of more lives lost while attempting to cross Europe’s sea borders generating little response, is there a way to talk about this that can move the needle?
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Under Trump, the rhetorical strategy of the Republican party leadership has been largely reduced to juvenile insults and name-calling. Can the Harris campaign overcome this?
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In the wake of far-right violence across the UK, much of it targeting minorities and asylum-seekers, poet Holly McNish made an appeal to her followers on social media for a conscious switch from the term “expat” to “immigrant”. In a note posted on Instagram, McNish called on English people living abroad to describe themselves as…
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Most far right parties failed to achieve the electoral wins they had hoped for, but this lens ignores the other routes through which their ideas are gaining ground in European politics. Ahead of the June 2024 European elections, in which far-right parties once again seemed poised to make significant gains, much analysis revolved around the…