Against the backdrop of failure in Iraq, Afghanistan is often promoted as the enduringly justifiable, and winnable, war. Jonathan Neale explains why this is not the case, while former US infantryman Johnny Rico speaks out about his experiences on the Afghan frontline
When Nobel prize winner James Watson made racist comments about black people and intelligence last month, he was using his scientific credentials to legitimise bigotry.
The Bays are one of the most exciting bands in Britain, with an innovative and unique sound. Yet you won't find their music in record shops. Band member Simon Richmond talks to Hannah Dee and Martin Smith.
No one can predict whether the recent financial crises will develop into a proper recession.
Fascism is so often used as an insult that any real analysis of its specific meaning is often obscured.
In September the Home Office gave permission for a year long trial of taser electric shock weapons to non firearm trained police officers.
According to an Associated Press poll in February, the average US citizen believes the Iraqi death toll to be just 9,890.
Students are not allowed to talk to one another unless they have been noted as having been very well behaved. As the children suffer serious behavioural problems this reward does not come often.
The recent ructions in financial markets and the collapse of Northern Rock have a familiar ring.
When workers occupied the Chilavert printshop in Buenos Aires it was threatened with closure. Ernesto Gonzalez, a Chilavert printer, describes running the factory under workers' control.
As town square debates on Hugo Chavez's constitutional amendments rage in Venezuela, Mike Gonzalez considers whether they will deepen democracy or further centralise power.
