Nicolas Sarkozy’s invective has focused on the "criminals" of France’s suburbs, and in particular the underground economy. But those we spoke to in Seine-Saint-Denis took a somewhat different view.
Far from heading towards deeper segregation, Britain is becoming increasingly racially and ethnically mixed, according to a new study released this week.
Something has been happening in recent weeks which should not be possible according to much orthodox wisdom. The government has been doing its utmost to stop trade unions using the power of their members to protect public sector pensions.
My previous column explained how "evolutionary psychologists" claim to show that all basic aspects of an organism are best understood as the product of its genes.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has become a focus across Latin America for resistance to George Bush, writes Hugh O’Shaughnessy
I want to examine the debates among those who accept that evolutionary theory has something to say about human nature this week.
The number of prisoners in British jails has reached an all time high. Who exactly are the people getting caught up in the prison system?
There are 77,800 people in custody in Britain today, of which 4,600 are women. This compares to 44,600 people in prison in 1993. There are 11,300 people under 21 in prison today. There were 3,400 children in custody in September 2005, an increase of 10 percent from October 2004. Some 800 men, women and children took their own lives in jails in England and Wales between 1995 and 2004. Over half of those who take their own lives in custody are on remand. Overcrowded local jails suffer from the greatest number of suicides. Around 40 percent of suicides occur within the first month of being in custody. There have been 64 self-inflicted deat
The US prison system today incarcerates some 2.1 million adults. That prison population has increased sevenfold from 300,000 since 1980.
‘My life’s mission has been simple — that all men and women are created equal under the eyes of our Lord," wrote US civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Rosa died two weeks ago, aged 92.
At a time when Tony Blair and his partners in crime are starting to prepare British public opinion for US bombing raids on Iran, it is worth remembering the last time a Labour government prepared for military action against Iran.
The most famous question of the anti-communist witch-hunts in America was "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?"
