Human rights and justice

Fairness and equality
idea
What is a minimally good life and are you prepared to live it?
Would you be willing to swap your life with that of the least fortunate person in your society? A philosophical test for justice
by Nicole Hassoun

Stories and literature
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The plague novel you need to read is by Bachmann, not Camus
In Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina, the plague isn’t a biological virus, it doesn’t cause lockdowns, but it is killing us
by Lyndsey Stonebridge

Anger
guide
How to be angry
Anger is a fuel that’s dangerous when out of control. But managed well, it can energise you to identify and confront problems
by Ryan Martin

Artists and art history
film
Should art heal the centuries of racial violence and injustice in the US?
Directed by Taylor Rees

Human rights and justice
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The history of humiliation points to the future of human dignity
Humiliation requires a complicit audience. To become truly ‘decent societies’, we need to educate people against joining in
by Ute Frevert

Gender
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Talk of toxic masculinity puts the blame in all the wrong places
Toxic masculinity discourse harms vulnerable boys and men and distracts society from the true sources of gender inequity
by Heidi Matthews

Human rights and justice
idea
Public toilets are vanishing and that’s a civic catastrophe
New research shows it is a nightmare for all of us, but especially for people with health issues and marginalised groups
by Guido Corradi

Civic life
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would really hate your Twitter feed
For Ralph Waldo Emerson, political activism was full of empty gestures done in bad faith. Abolition called for true heroism
by Peter Wirzbicki