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Editor's note
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US President Donald Trump recently bellowed that “we are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values”. But while this may sound like a neighbourly attempt to include Judaism in a declaration of Western solidarity, Meredith Warren argues the opposite. Rather than being about inclusivity, the phrase has become a dangerous dog-whistle myth peddled by the far right in an attempt to subsume Judaism and exclude Islam.
Exactly one year ago, Americans went to the polls in one of the most dramatic elections of modern times. Today, the resulting presidency is as captivating, unpredictable and flat-out bizarre as anyone could have predicted. Liam Kennedy has been trying to make sense of Trump ever since he declared victory last November, and with three years until the next election, he offers an update on how to think about him today.
Our relationship with nature, many think, has broken down. From climate change to dwindling woodlands, the symptoms of this are visible everywhere. This is why, according to Tristan Moyle, we need to formulate a new philosophy of trees.
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Matt Warren
Deputy Editor
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I’m going to need another coffee.
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Liam Kennedy, University College Dublin
To watch the Trump presidency unfold is to behold the crumbling of a political culture.
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Politics + Society
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M J C Warren, University of Sheffield
Its real purpose is to subsume Judaism and exclude Islam.
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Balazs Szent-Ivanyi, Aston University
When the DfID minister held secret meetings with government officials while on holiday, she seems to have forgotten about her quest to stamp out dodgy dealings in development spending.
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Timo A Kivimäki, University of Bath
Mutual benefits beckon.
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Peter Lehr, University of St Andrews
Ten years after the Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, some Theravāda Buddhist monks are now preaching violence against Muslim or Hindu minorities in the name of "holy war".
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Graham Virgo, University of Cambridge
A year ago UK universities introduced big changes in the way they deal with harassment. It was an important step, but there's more to do.
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Abyd Quinn-Aziz, Cardiff University
Social workers are there to help, not to rip families apart.
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Shireen Kanji, University of Birmingham
New research shows just how key grandparents are to childcare.
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Environment + Energy
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Tristan Moyle, Anglia Ruskin University
It’s as if Socrates’ remark that 'the trees teach me nothing' is very much still the attitude today.
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Maria Lee, UCL
Even the very softest of Brexits will expose gaps in purely domestic environmental governance.
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Business + Economy
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Alex Bryson, UCL; John Forth, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Employers increasingly expect employees to take responsibility for ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
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Nelson Blackley, Nottingham Trent University
Will the rest of the world catch up with a trend which encourages gift buying for yourself?
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Health + Medicine
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Eilidh Cage, Royal Holloway
New research suggests many autistic people feel they have to hide their true selves.
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Simon Cotton, University of Birmingham
A British woman has been arrested for transporting the prescription painkiller into Egypt and could even face the death penalty.
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Basic anatomical knowledge can save lives.
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Science + Technology
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Monica Grady, The Open University
Marie Skłodowska Curie was born 150 years ago and is still the only female scientist many people can name.
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Simon Watson, University of Manchester
When it comes to robotics, the future is not two-legged.
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Cities
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Alec Charles, The University of Winchester
Kingston-Upon-Hull is a city of contradictions, which is holding up a mirror to British society.
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Arts + Culture
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Matthew Linfoot, University of Westminster
Five decades after its launch, BBC Local Radio faces an existential crisis and needs energy and vision to secure its future.
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