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Editor's note
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After decades of campaigning, women in Saudi Arabia are now allowed to drive after the government lifted its ban yesterday. But why now? Martin Hvidt says it was an economic necessity – Saudi Arabia needs to bring more women into the workforce and make men more productive.
In the thick of 1968’s seismic social upheavals, Native Americans also reached for their rights – and activists radically renewed their campaign for recognition and independence. Gyorgy Toth looks at five decades of protest that have included teaking up with Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement and occupying Alcatraz and Standing Rock.
The London drill group 1011 has recently been banned from recording or performing music without police permission. This is an unprecedented move – but is not without context. Joy White reflects on the tactics that UK police are using to combat ‘gang’-related violence – and on the increasing censorship of young people from stigmatised communities.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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A Saudi woman in a driving simulator in Riyadh.
STR/EPA
Martin Hvidt, University of Southern Denmark
Allowing women to drive could boost the Saudi economy: by bringing more women into the workorce and making men more productive.
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The flag of the Native American Alcatraz protest in 1969, designed by Lulie Nall, a Penobscot Indian.
Gyorgy Toth, University of Stirling
The struggle for sovereignty over their own lands has been a long hard fight for America's Indigenous peoples.
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YouTube/Harlem Spartans
Joy White, University of Roehampton
West London group 1011 music group have been banned from making music without police permission.
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Politics + Society
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Irving Huerta, Goldsmiths, University of London
Andrés Manuel López Obrador looks set to win the presidency on his third try. Mexico's powerful interests are scrambling to stop him.
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Feargal Cochrane, University of Kent
Most Leave voters would rather lose Northern Ireland than drop Brexit, reflecting a longstanding indifference.
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Adrienne Yong, City, University of London
Details have been published of how EU citizens in the UK can apply for 'settled status' after Brexit. But it may have some teething problems.
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Alan Rice, University of Central Lancashire
When black American troops stationed in an English town faced off against white US Army military police.
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Val Williams, University of Bristol
And why the contribution of people with learning disabilities to the arts must be celebrated.
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Nicola Antoniou, University of East London; Eleanor Scarlett, University of East London
Twitter posts and messages on WhatsApp can come back to haunt you, even years later.
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Health + Medicine
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Primrose Freestone, University of Leicester
Sit v squat – the big public toilet stand-off.
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Joseph Lloyd Davies, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Knowing why patients on anti-psychotics gain weight may help researchers learn more about human attentional bias and food.
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Gary Stephens, University of Reading
As medicines, not all cannabis products are created equal.
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Business + Economy
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Simon Chadwick, University of Salford
Chinese football fans have gone to Russia in huge numbers – to support other nations.
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Ute Stephan, Aston University
Entrepreneurs must grapple with uncertainty and work the longest hours. Yet they are happier and often healthier than people in other jobs.
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Mark Johnson, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Why Airbus has warned that a no-deal Brexit could force the plane maker to close its UK operations.
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Education
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Stephen Corbett, University of Portsmouth
Smart phones are educational – and a big part of students' futures.
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Arts + Culture
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Mark Goodall, University of Bradford
After the happy psychedelia of the Summer of Love, the Velvet's second album seemed to usher in a new, darker era in rock music
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Science + Technology
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Thomas Collett, University of Portsmouth
Exactly 99 years after Einstein's theory of general relativity was proven right in our own solar system, scientists show that it also holds true for entire galaxies.
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