US midterms: Voters back changes to the Constitution to prohibit involuntary labour and slavery
Terrancé Akins worked the entire seven years that he was incarcerated in the Hardeman Correctional Facility, a private prison contracted to imprison people in Tennessee. “You couldn’t have a job,” he says. “We cooked. We cleaned. We washed the clothes. We taught the classes. The whole operation of the facility...
Aspirin: Wonder drug medics are prescribing for women who’ve had multiple miscarriages
Dear Readers, The strategy of taking a daily low-dose aspirin tablet has been in the news again this week, with a study that seems to suggest it can make older people more likely to fall over. This is disappointing because the trial was set up in the hope that it...
Despite his sky-high potential Man United’s Gernacho still not allowed into Red Devils’ dressing room
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag faces a challenge to manage prospering starlet Alejandro Garnacho’s meteoric trajectory. However, the Dutchman has taken impressive steps to ensure his feet remain firmly on the ground while he continues making an impact in the first team. Garnacho has enjoyed quite the year. After...
Man United boss Ten Hag plans to push tortoise-paced skipper Maguire out of Old Trafford in summer
Erik ten Hag will look to sell Manchester United captain Harry Maguire next summer as he continues to rebuild his Red Devils squad. Just a day after Maguire was included in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for this month’s World Cup in Qatar, the news that the club is looking to...
Hollywood stars write to online store Amazon owner Jeff Bezos to complain about antisemitic content
Over 200 actors and artists from the entertainment industry have called on Amazon and Barnes & Noble to remove from their online stores an antisemitic documentary and book series that had been popularised by basketball player Kyrie Irving. Signatories include Hollywood stars such as actors Mila Kunis, Debra Messing, Mayim...
Thinking innovation: How creativity dumps mediocrity by breaking barriers and embracing social value
People have written about and discussed the concept of “innovation” at organisations extensively over many years. Interestingly, there has been an overly keen emphasis on a set of prescribed steps that are deemed necessary to innovate – as if there’s a process that can be replicated and repeated over and...
English FA bans Liverpool boss Klopp for game vs Southampton after vitriol on match official
Jurgen Klopp will miss Liverpool’s game against Southampton this weekend after the Football Association successfully appealed the decision to only fine the manager for his furious rant towards a match official. The German was initially fined £30,000 by an independent regulatory commission over his conduct towards officials during the game...
Liberated! Ukrainian soldiers make triumphant entry into Kherson city as fleeing Russians kill more civilians
Ukraine on Friday announced that its forces were entering the city of Kherson, hailing an “important victory” after Russia said its troops had retreated from the only regional capital it had captured in nearly nine months of fighting. Ukraine’s parliament published pictures of people carrying Ukrainian flags in the centre...
Fifa turns down Denmark’s request to wear shirts with ‘human right for all’ message in training
The Danish Football Association has confirmed Fifa has rejected their national team’s request to train at the World Cup in shirts with the words “human rights for all” on them. The DBU said in 2021 that their two training kit sponsors would make way for messages critical of Qatar while...
Russian army pulls out of Kherson as defence minister admits inability to resist Ukrainian firepower
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a rare live televised speech, announced on Wednesday that Russian troops would retreat from the west bank of the Dnipro River and give up the provincial capital of Kherson, the one regional capital they’d managed to capture in nearly nine months of fighting. Russian...
