One amazing thing that is happening right now (in the western world) is how we have almost reached the point where gender equality is becoming the norm (although the US is lagging behind).
As a media analyst, life on Twitter these days is difficult. There is so much negativity, so much bigotry, hatred, abuse, racism, and outright insanity. As someone tweeted a few days ago:
“Social media has been destroyed by Trump.”
Did you see this news story from earlier this week?
Not a day goes by these days without yet another story of a male executive making sexist remarks about women, their role in society and their abilities. And when I say male executive, I really mean old white males who are in a position of power.
There is a fascinating thing happening in our world today, in that we are in the middle of the transformation between the disconnected and the connected. And it has a serious impact on the short term future of our political…
The Brexit is over. Well, the voting is anyway, and not the total mess as a result of it. But I want to make a simple point about the polls leading up to it.
My argument is that all the polls (except for a few) were absolutely spot on. And when people complain…
One thing that can make me really angry is when governments around the world force immigrants to prove that they are entitled to live in a country by conducting ‘culture tests’.
We got the sad news that Austria has joined the ranks of European countries where right-wing xenophobic, nationalistic parties with an agenda of being anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant is about to win an election.
Unless you have been hiding in a cave somewhere with no wifi, you probably know that the UK will vote on whether to stay or leave the EU on June 23rd, And the polls show an almost dead-run between the two sides.
During a long interview about the future role of journalism (and our increasingly misinformed public), I was asked, “What is your biggest worry for democracy?” It’s a fascinating question, and I want to repeat and expand a bit on what I said.