16 minutes ago About sharing By Jessica Murphy BBC News Rapper Young Thug’s racketeering trial has begun in Georgia with opening arguments starting on Monday morning. The Atlanta rapper, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, stands accused of co-founding a violent street gang in the Atlanta area. Prosecutors are using the critically-acclaimed performer’s own lyrics as evidence…
The English Defence League founder was asked by organisers not to attend the rally against antisemitism.
7 minutes ago About sharing Brianna Ghey died after she was found with fatal stab wounds in a park By Lauren Hirst & PA Media BBC News Two teenagers accused of murdering Brianna Ghey showed a “preoccupation” with “violence, torture and death”, a court has heard. The body of Brianna, 16, who was transgender, was…
Michael Race Business reporter 1 hour ago The governor of the Bank of England has warned again that interest rates will not be cut in the “foreseeable future”, saying it is “too soon to have that discussion”. Andrew Bailey said getting inflation, which is the rate consumer prices rise at, down to the Bank’s 2%…
Society / StudentNation / November 27, 2023 Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses.” Kayla Yup Ad Policy Nurses from Montefiore Medical Center march during their strike…
17 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent A fresh pay offer has been made to NHS consultants which could end strike action in England. It would see many senior doctors in the health service getting an extra increase from January, on top of the 6% annual rise they’ve already been given this…
It’s the first time that influenza strain A(H1N2)v has been detected in the UK.
Poems / November 27, 2023 Disaster Exposure Daniel Borzutzky Ad Policy You ask him if his hedge fund has sufficient exposure to disaster and he whispers I could really use a hurricane to deliversuperior fund performance What do you see that other people cannot see? Everything in this poem is on the surface there is…
Books & the Arts / November 27, 2023 Hard Times The radical art of the Depression years. The Radical Art of the Depression Years By working within the constraints of the WPA, artists like Philip Guston discovered new modes of representation and irony. Rachel Hunter Himes Ad Policy Untitled (Strike), Dox Thrash, c. 1940. This…
Feature / November 27, 2023 The Right to Speak for Ourselves For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story. Mohammed El-Kurd (Ryan Brand) This article has been adapted from the Edward Said Memorial Lecture at Princeton University which was presented by Mohammed El-Kurd in February 2023. Today, I’m…