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Why Scandals and a ‘Superman’ Image Won’t Help Trump
In an election packed with scandals and allegations of foreign meddling Kseniya Kirillova writes that Trump will need a lot more than Superman imagery and false accusations to win

Would Biden Turn Around Trump’s Destructive Middle East Legacy?
Donald Trump’s foreign policy has led to more instability in the Middle East but, as Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports, the election of Joe Biden may not mean significant change

Brexit Britain Must Not Flog its Military to Human Rights Abusers at Any Cost
As the effects of Brexit loom and the UK military becomes more active abroad, it must remember its duty as a human rights advocate, argue Iain Overton and Murray Jones

Why the UK Will Keep Rubber-Stamping the United Arab Emirates’ Myth of Tolerance
With the economic fall-out from Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic looming, it is not in the UK Government’s interests to pressure the UAE on its human rights abuses, reports Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

The Nuclear Treaty Dividing the World
As the latest United Nations nuclear treaty is on the eve of coming into force, Stephen Colegrave looks at how it might finally end the ethical and moral case for nuclear weapons

Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire: A Hasty Russian Holding Tactic?
Kseniya Kirillova reports on how the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan shows Putin's weaknesses in the ‘Post Soviet’ space

America’s Revealing Gun Splurge Crisis
CJ Werleman explores what the increase in gun purchases in the US during the Coronavirus pandemic and following social and political unrest uncovers about how systemic issues in American society are approached

With the Climate Emergency Intensifying & Democracy Crumbling, an Inquiry into Murdoch has Never Been More Urgent
CJ Werleman reports on calls for a royal commission into News Corp in Australia, following James Murdoch’s comments that his father’s media empire ‘legitimises disinformation’
Mike Pence’s Dangerous Vision for an Extremist Christian America Should Not Be Overlooked
The Vice-Presidential Debate should remind the US electorate that Pence only appears somewhat acceptable in comparison with Donald Trump, argues CJ Werleman
Sanitising War: How the UK Media Turned Its Back On Syria
In failing to report on individual instances of war’s devastation, the media risks losing sight of the inhumanity of conflict
To Save US Democracy, American Muslims Must Resist Foreign Interests Backing Trump
Nafeez Ahmed digs deeper into the censorship of an article he wrote attacking those on the left who are boycotting the largest campaign to get Muslims out to vote in next month’s Presidential Election
Rape and Caste Supremacism in India
CJ Werleman argues that the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras is another alarm bell indicating the extent of the human rights crisis in India
A Message to the US Media: Biden and Trump Are Not ‘The Same’
The false equivalence awarded to Donald Trump and Joe Biden is grossly misleading and a danger to democracy, argues CJ Werleman