Metropolitan policeInterviewPolice officer Carol Howard v the Met: ‘I was absolutely humiliated’Rachel WilliamsAs one of the force’s only female firearms officers, Carol Howard was subjected to a ‘vindictive and spiteful’ campaign of discrimination and smears, an employment tribunal ruled. She explains how her boss ‘tried to break me’
Carol Howard wanted to be a police officer from the age of seven. “My mum watched every single police drama: Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, stuff like that,” she says. Read More...
TelevisionReviewThe editor of one of Russia’s independent newspapers, Dmitry Muratov, has risked his life to report on abuses of power against the odds. This is his remarkable but terrifying story
In 2021, Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize, alongside the Philippines’ journalist Maria Ressa. It marked, said the Nobel committee, “another existential point for democracy”, and the award was a rallying cry for truth, freedom of the press and holding power to account. Read More...
Top 10sBooksFrom John Steinbeck to Tommy Orange, it’s an old story that keeps on going, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. These books help explain why
For all its wealth and devotion to the myth of the American Dream, the US allows many more of its citizens to live in poverty than other wealthy countries do. We hold the 10th highest poverty rate in a 2021 ranking of OECD countries, with almost 38 million Americans living in poverty. Read More...
