Tag: injustice

Certainly, the events of this year have tested any commitment to hope, and to the belief that equality can triumph over indifference and injustice. We are witnessing alarming levels of racism and bigotry in the West. We feel anguished and powerless over the plight of refugees from war-torn regions i...

Housing bias — a silent perpetrator that stealthily infiltrates our communities, leaving a trail of inequality in its wake. Unravelling the layers of this insidious challenge is the first step towards dismantling its destructive grip on housing access. We must embark on a journey of understand...

Discrimination, a pervasive and deeply rooted challenge, continues to cast a shadow over societies globally. Its impact spans across various factors such as race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation. This article seeks to examine the multifaceted nature of discrimination, delving into its origi...

I was fortunate enough to go to university at a time when it was affordable. Tuition was under $3,000 a year, and a combination of Pell grants and working part-time jobs could pay for your education. That was back when university “work-study jobs” offered meaningful academic-related empl...

Language is hard. It can be both a necessary tool for liberation and also a barrier — something that we go around in circles again and again without making actual progress on a chosen issue. Some people are so focused on how to speak correctly that they never act: trapped in a prison of their ...

When Barack Obama was declared president, I was so proud of my country, I could have burst. (What a mess that would have been!) When he was reelected, I was amazed. If the other party had not been determined to block every move he wanted to make, his presidency could have been truly remarkable, in m...

I started my NHS career when I was aged 24 and never looked back. I discovered it by accident whilst I was working as a part-time domiciliary care assistant which was flexible being a young mother at the time. I remember travelling in parts of Surrey and wondering if a Somali person had been here be...