Why too many young black men are still getting life sentences for being in the wrong place, at the wrong time When something is advocated on the basis that it’s useful for “plain vanilla” murder, you know something is wrong. There is rarely such a thing, as anyone who…

Andre is British. He may not have a British passport, but has lived in the UK since he was three months old, since coming here with his mother two decades ago fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Both were granted indefinite leave to remain, and Andre has only…

New Education Secretary Nicky Morgan gets warm and cuddly with teachers…almost A friend of mine works full time but gets paid for a three day week. She needs her hours to be 9 — 5 — an 8 hour day which in many other public sector, middle-pay professions would be full time — because she has small children to look after…

Is this exhibition art? Or racism? I’ll never forget the time when I returned to university after a long summer break, and was catching up with my classmates. I had been working in Paris and had had a mixed experience — enjoying the City of Light but aggrieved by the level of racism I had encountered…

How a small number of extremists are tapping into something big I’m not Muslim, but to this I can relate. Second and third generation descendants of people who migrated to this UK from countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia feel — in some cases — very confused. The labels speak volumes. They are “British Pakistani” or just “Somali”, or “British Muslims.” …

This is one young woman’s explanation as to why young people don’t vote — you could call it the tattoo theory of democracy. …

If politics is a study in U-turns and half-truths, then the story of university places should be a core module. On one level, it’s a simple enough narrative. Since the 1960s, the number of university students has been steadily — and at times dramatically — growing. …

Are young people really taking fewer drugs? Every year since 2001, the government has consistently measured drug use among children age 11 to 16. The picture is clear — young people are taking fewer illicit substances. Since 2003, the figure has halved. In 2003, one third of school pupils were…

The Living Islam Festival — or “Muslim Glastonbury” as it’s organisers would like it to be known — is on again in a few days, and this time the “oldest and largest Muslim festival in the UK” promises horse riding, fireworks, hijab stalls, punjabi curries and southern-fried chicken. On a…