Society and Culture

Muslim Woman Reunited With Jewish Dad She Defended From Abuse On Tube

A Muslim woman who intervened during an anti-Semitic rant on the London Underground has been thanked by the Jewish father she defended after the pair reunited. Asma Shuweikh stepped in after a man began reading anti-Jewish verses at a father and his two sons.
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The Jewish Community Has Been Reduced To A Political Football

The idea that Boris Johnson would create a safe environment for Jews is a dangerous lie, Jewish activist Em Hilton writes.
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Making Misogyny A Hate Crime Is The Only Way To End Violence Against Women

Our criminal justice system is not fit for purpose, Labour parliamentary candidate Dawn Butler writes.
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This Is How Austerity Is Exacerbating Dundee's Drugs Crisis

Scotland's 'best place to live' is also the drug death capital of Europe.
By Billy Briggs, The Ferret

'There Is No Safety Net': How Austerity Has Hit One Of Scotland's Poorest Communities

This is the legacy of a decade of cuts on children in Fife.
By Billy Briggs, The Ferret

Grace Millane Didn’t Have A Problematic BDSM Habit, Her Murderer Did

This wasn’t a sex game gone wrong, this was violence against women going the way it normally does, journalist Sophie Wilkinson writes.
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US Woman Who Went Topless In Own Home Could Be Labelled A Sex Offender

If Tili Buchanan loses her case, she could be forced to register as a sex offender.
By AP

'Arrogant' Domestic Abuser Jailed Over Car Seat Death Of Alfie Lamb

Waterson pleaded guilty to manslaughter after fatally crushing the three-year-old by backing a car seat into him.
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Jail For Prank Caller Who Kept Dialling 999 And Belching Down The Phone

Rhys Pilott, of Peterborough, told police he made the calls because he was bored.
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It's Plain To See The Tories Don't Want To Tackle Islamophobia

The Conservatives aren't serious about Islamophobia, because they can't even admit the scale of the problem, Hope Not Hate's Matthew McGregor writes.
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