Podcast Recommendation: Children and racism
There is a segment in this episode of BBC's Radio Four Woman's Hour dedicated to finding out what black parents are saying to their children and other young people about the anti-racism...
Protests aren't what they look like on TV
This video from Vox highlights how the mass media is covering the protests in the United States.
George Floyd death: Anti-racism demonstrations
Anti-racist demonstrations have continued around the world, including in the UK that were sparked as a result of the death of George Floyd in the United States.
The death of George Floyd: will anything change?
All of the blog posts this week will be related to the protests and conversations taking place around the world as a result of the death of George Floyd in the United States. All of the blog posts...
Ramadan in Quarantine
This video from The Atlantic explores life for one family who are living in quarantine whilst observing Ramadan.
Coronavirus, Explained
This trailer from Netflix explores the coronavirus; how it developed, some of the efforts to contain it and the impact on life. There is an interesting interview in the series with Bill Gates also,...
Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed
Here is an interesting perspective on some of the challenges that people face when working remotely.
Trump threatens to shut down social media companies
Donald Trump has threatened to take action against social media organisations claiming that they "stifle free speech."
Last week footage of an incident between a white woman and a black man that took place in New York went viral, and led to fierce debate about everyday racism.
Oxfam International has made the decision to close a number of their operations globally, and the result of which means people will lose their jobs.
The boss of the dating app Tinder has described how the coronavirus has changed how people are dating.
A scheme to help relatives of family members that have died from Covid-19, has been extended to include low-paid workers.
'Nation Branding'
Here is an video from TED discussing the concept of 'nation branding'.
Research collected by a non-partisan organisation in the USA has found that African Americans have been dying from coronavirus at a rate of three times higher than that of white people.
Dirty Streaming: The Internet's Big Secret
This video from BBC Stories examines how the internet is now as polluting as flying.
In a bid to publish some blog posts that are not coronavirus related, here is a video from Ted by Megan Phelps-Roper, who was once a member of the controversial Westboro church in the USA.
Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from 'horrors' of graphic content
I imagine that when Facebook was first started there was probably little consideration about the impacts of extreme content on the moderators who work for the company, however Facebook has recently...
This article from The Guardian focuses on the difference between the amount of academic research published by women compared to men during the lockdown in the UK.
'Young face job despair'
This article from BBC News paints a bleak picture of some of the impacts of the coronavirus on young people in respect to their jobs and training.
This episode from BBC Money Box highlights the impacts on the potential financial impacts of coronavirus for young people and recent graduates.