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We talk to the author of “This Is Not America” about race, freedom of expression, and what is at risk when Britain blindly ...

The Rationalist Association is independent, irreverent & non-profit. We are supported by our members.

As the Church pushes for harsher drug laws in Italy, a series of cases suggest that the priesthood is hiding a problem of its ...

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Dr Laura Piacentini is lecturer in Criminology at the University of Stirling. Surviving Russian Prisons: Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition is published by Willan, UK ...

When you picture a crowd, you may think of a jostling, unruly mass. It’s an image often painted by politicians, news outlets and the police, who warn us of the dangers of mass panic, crime and ...