Lucy J

The rising obesity epidemic in the West has made headlines again after the world’s leading medical journal The Lancet recently ran a special series on the topic. According to international medical experts, governments around the world must take…
Some moments in history stand out from the rest. For me, and much of my generation, 9/11 is a critical moment in time that we’ll never forget, one that took the lives of 2,977 innocent people, brought terrorism to our TV screens, forced us to become…
This week, Crisis, the British homelessness charity, issued a study which blames rising levels of homelessness across the UK on the stagnant economy and the coalition government’s welfare cuts. The in-depth report also warns that the alarming trend…
In response to the riots that erupted in the UK last week, Prime Minister David Cameron said that pockets of British society are “frankly sick” (video below). While members of the Labour opposition have blamed the riots on the impact of the…
Last week, the Huffington Post celebrated the launch of BlackVoices, a new section of the website dedicated to African-American issues and perspectives, which is intended to provide a much-needed response to the neglect and distortion of black…