A petition has recently been started to fire an officer who shot a dog to death. The incident was recorded, and you can view both the petition and the video (which you can probably guess is quite...
This news is a few weeks old, and I'm not sure if it was discussed on AB or not, but in case it hasn't I thought it might be worth bringing up. There have been numerous reports suggesting that...
ABC recently did an experiment to test whether people make assumptions about the relationship between criminal behaviour and race in the United States. They arranged for three separate actors to hack...
http://www.channel4.com/news/self-help-books-scheme-libraries-ed-vaizey-reading-agency //But today self-help will be given its greatest validation yet. Under a new scheme to be launched by the Culture...
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198876/rare-color-film-shows-what-london-looked-like-in-1927/
There's about 5 minutes of footage in all. Does anyone else find this strangely beautiful?...
I've just seen a Tweet from Darshna Soni at C4 news: https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=darshnasoni&tw_i=337310141156306944&tw_p=tweetembed "I have just spoken a mosque in Essex, who told me...
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/polari-magazine-editor-assaulted-south-london190513 Do vicious assaults like this happen more often than we think they do, or is this now a relatively rare...
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2013/05/dream-ticket I'm not a regular reader of the New Statesman, but was interested by the above opinion piece that a friend sent to me. "There are...
I've often heard it said, in arguments with my more spiritually-sympathetic friends, that even if there is nothing in "psychic phenomenon", it's all just "harmless fun."...
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2013/04/where-are-all-right-wing-stand-ups Lee essentially answers this question by arguing that the "Right" has already won - a situation which isn't consistent...
Should freedom of speech include to those who call for lowering the age of consent to 12? Or for legalising child pornography? Or should voters be entrusted to reject these policies on their own, as...
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/25/homophobic-cardinal-obrien-had-a-long-term-boyfriend/ Does the Church deserve respect? Does it deserve to have its opinions on public policy listened to?...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-religion-atheists-idUSBRE8B900520121210 According to a report by the International Humanist and Ethical Union, atheists worldwide suffer persecution and...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19465692 It seems there's been another study indicating that organic food is no healthier for you than non-organic food. One thing I find particularly interesting is...
Did anyone else read Rick Dewsbury's piece in the Mail about the opening ceremony? Here's a link if you didn't: http://www.dailymail....tml?ito=feeds-newsxml Now, Dewsbury naturally enough has the...
Following a report by the Guardian a couple of days ago, there seems to have arisen a call for an inquiry into the use of jobseekers for stewarding. There are claims that some of them went unpaid, and...
I think it's fair to say that the British Empire (and colonialism generally) can be something of a political hot potatoe in this country, so I'd be interested to hear the responses of ABers to the...