Dante Lee is an African American living in San Diego. In early March, he began showing symptoms of COVID-19. As any responsible adult should do, Dante began self isolating. But three days later, as...
Politics
Big Data is Undermining the Foundations of Liberal Democracy
Today the forces shaping our world aren't nation states, but rather corporations. These corporations, run the global economy on the oil of the Information Age - data.
Coronavirus and Starvation. How Lockdowns are Increasing Hunger...
One of the few positives that has come from lockdowns around the world is that many people in the west are experiencing the joys of cooking for the first time. However, while they are doing so...
Coronavirus is Coming to the Developing World and No-one is...
Policy failures meant that the western world failed to test its population, but that’s a luxury the developing world cannot afford. The lack of resources, when added to their huge populations, is a...
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative COVID-19’s Biggest...
The BRI was meant to solidify the global reliance on China as the world’s supplier. However, because of the pandemic, many private industries have either shut down, or shifted to manufacturing...
Forgotten Women: The Unseen Victims of the Venezuelan Crisis.
Politician corruption, high unemployment and record breaking inflation have created a humanitarian crisis like no other in Venezuela. The nation, once the richest in South America during the 1960’s...
Locked Down Borders Leave Migrants Out In The Cold
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to grip the planet, travel restrictions have become the de-facto method of control. Nearly 80 countries have now locked down their borders to curb the spread of the...
The Three Driving Factors Behind Brexit. The Threat to Our...
Humanosity says…Following on from the revelations about how Brexit is being funded by people scared of the 2020 EU Tax Avoidance Directive and the dark money that has been funding Brexit, this...
The Vote Leave Backers who Made Millions from Brexit Part 1
Humanosity says…The Byline Times has been producing some excellent reporting on who has been funding the Brexit campaign. They have revealed how a small group of already wealthy individuals...
Leaked Documents Show Boris Johnson’s Secret Plan To...
Humanosity says….it’s no surprise to find out that Boris Johnson’s key adviser Dominic Cummings is at the heart of plans to use data from the government’s online services...
America Beyond The Colour Line: Home Place
Humanosity says… This one of the films in a 4 part series for BBC 2 and PBS that I produced. The premise was – on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination we went...
How One Man’s Words Led To the Deaths of 25 People in Delhi
The Hindu-Muslim divide in India has always loomed large over the nation. Since the election of Narendra Modi, the rightwing BJP leader, that divide has only become more prominent. In February, the...
Party or Nation? Theresa May Chose Party.
More than two years after the EU referendum, people in the UK are no clearer about what Brexit is, what it will be, even if it will happen at all. The nation was divided and MPs seemed unable to...
Did Women Just Save Sweden From Its Men? A Look at a Swedish...
Every once in while a political moment springs up that makes me think a bit more deeply about what it reveals about the changing world we live in and the recent Swedish election are, for me, just...
Now The Adults Are No Longer In The Room Trump Finally Gets The...
Updated 21/11/19 Humanosity says….Many predicted that President Trump would be different to candidate Trump mainly due to the staff in the White House- the adults in the room – keeping...
African Debt: The Hidden Story of How the World Bank and the IMF...
The World Bank and the IMF were originally set up after the Second World War. The World Bank was tasked with rebuilding Europe whilst the IMF was given the job of ensuring trade flowed smoothly and...
American Dark Money Is Fueling the Rise of Europe’s Far Right
Humanosity says….We have been posting articles that highlight a trend of dark money being used to influence politics especially in the UK. Whilst left leaning philanthropists have always funded...
Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Are Boris Johnson’s Hedge Fund...
Humanosity says….More excellent reporting from the Byline Times. They have been running an in depth investigation that has looked in to who is profiting from Brexit and suggesting that the...
Research shows that most of the tweets on politics you see are...
Humanosity says the impact of social media on politics has been liberating in the sense that it has democratised the ability to have your opinion published. Unlike traditional publishing or...
The Dueling Narratives of India’s Kashmir Crackdown
Humanosity says…Ever since partition India and Pakistan’s competing claims to the territory have led to several wars and continue to poison relations between the two sates. Dueling...