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Now is the summer of our discontent: memes, national identity and the globalisation of rage
Memes may be all the rage in these heady days of digital trending, but they’re not a new thing. Ever...
How kitsch consumed the world
What is the predominant aesthetic of the twenty-first century? According to sociology professors Rut...
Is life in Norway as happy as it’s cracked up to be?
For progressives around the world, it has become almost a pastime to romanticise the quasi-socialist...
Rising sea temperatures will hit fisheries and communities in poor countries the hardest
Despite having some of the world’s smallest carbon footprints, small island developing states and th...
Governors gone wild: Mexico faces a “lost generation” of corrupt leaders
During the colonial period, the Spanish Americas were governed under the 14th-century formula, “Obed...
Understanding the amazing complexity of sign language
Most people are familiar with sign language, the system that deaf people use to communicate. What fe...
Brazil’s biggest problem isn’t corruption — it’s murder
Somewhere between outraged and perplexed, Brazilians have been bombarded with news about their polit...
Can Caribbean cricket get its (political) groove back?
Caribbean cricket fans were dismayed in early June when, for the first time since the ICC Champions...
Caught between police and gangs, Rio de Janeiro residents are dying in the line of fire
In Rio de Janeiro, where murder rates this year have soared to their highest levels in a decade, vio...