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Billionaires and the welfare of nations

The super rich are leaving only the scraps for everyone else to fight over, which is fuelling a mounting wave of intolerance as minorities and migrants are scapegoated for falling wellbeing. For the welfare of all, we must end these stark wealth inequalities before it leads to unmanageable social unrest.

The demographic dimension: The role of population growth in the Arab uprisings

Decades of unprecedented population growth have played a significant role in Arab regime repression, the two main waves of revolutions that swept the region, and the fierce counterrevolutions that followed.

Living in a nightmare: Gaza’s unending tragedy

Boštjan Videmšek Trauma, depression, destitution and hopelessness are the daily realities with which Gaza’s besieged population must contend. Sunday 8

Steve Bannon is being amplified, not silenced

By providing Steve Bannon with an uncritical solo platform, the Oxford Union has failed in its mission as a forum of free and fair debate, succumbing instead to tabloid sensationalism.

Egypt: 21st-century plagues threaten the country’s survival

While the Egyptian regime battles for its survival, Egypt itself may not survive as a viable state, as it faces a ‘plague’ of potentially crippling environmental, economic and social challenges.

Economic recovery means little to Europe’s working poor

Europe is experiencing an economic recovery but many of the jobs being created a keeping people poor rather than lifting them out of poverty.

The generous of the earth in the most wretched of places

If you’re feeling dejected by the troubled times we live in, remember that human generosity lives on, even in the most wretched of places.

Brussels: Radicalism, surrealism and multiculturalism

In many ways, radicals in Brussels are more a product of the local language war than they are of global holy war.

The poverty epidemic in Greece

“They may have the money, but we have each other,” insists the cook who feeds Athens’ poor. “This is not philanthropy, this is the natural human state.”