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“What sordid, and even terrible, details surrounds the life of the poor, what a mechanical and empty life she forces on the rich; and how rare a holiday it is…

“O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!” -Shakespeare, The Tempest Homo sapiens; our differences in…

Obama famously remarked in 2008: “the thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable”.…

After WW2 the world was ravaged by conflict. Everyone was in agreement, this could not be allowed to happen again. To rebuild, humanity needed to learn how to work together.…

At the Women’s March in London it was a single child who stuck in my mind: a little boy who could have been hardly older than eight. He saw the…

When walking to work, I saw a homeless man face down, motionless, on the pavement. I asked if he was okay and received no response. He appeared to be unconscious.…

Only a few weeks into 2017, and already we are seeing the general standing of the LGBTQ+ community threatened, as well as those groups that campaign for their rights. The…

For thousands of years, the ways that politicians communicate with the people has remained relatively stable. There have been alterations and developments to reflect social changes, but the forms of…

Advances in technology have caused a syncretic shift between what is public and what is private. What was once private is now more accessible than it has ever been, as…

Berkeley in California has recently elected its first ever Latino Mayor, Jesse Arreguin, who is also the youngest Mayor to be appointed at the age of 32. This election is…

The election of Donald Trump last week was, for many Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, a cause for deep dismay. Relations between the two countries have been a focal point of Trump’s…

With rates of loneliness rising across age, class and gender lines, it is becoming increasingly important that society examines the causes and solutions. Loneliness is trending. It is becoming one…

Consent is an issue that affects us all. We need to stop victim blaming and scapegoating and confront the issue openly. Up to 50% of reported crimes affecting students per…

The 2016 Presidential Election has been arguably the most dramatic and astonishing US election in history. From Donald Trump’s insistence that the Mexican government would pay for his ludicrous wall,…

Kingslee James Daley, AKA Akala, has been influencing political culture through his music and academia for over a decade. His activism has and continues to challenge the United Kingdom’s colonial…

This summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games and displayed countless female sporting champions. Sadly, these achievements are often undermined. A great way to taste the flavour of today’s patriarchy in mass…

The government’s financial assault on higher education seems to be unstoppable, and testing the unity of the United Kingdom’s student body. Times have never been so bleak for students in…

Despite efforts from healthcare professionals and policymakers world-wide, rates of body donation remain low. The number of patients in urgent need of a transplant is rising. Everyone has their own…

Sussex advertises itself with the slogan ‘Let’s Change Things’, and for good reason. The university was set up in the 1960s to provide a new type of education which would…

Luke Richards discusses the development of our digital identity and the impact of technology in our daily lives. Technology tends to be ubiquitous in our daily lives; it is part…