Abortion has been particularly relevant in the US over the past few months. A specific example of this is the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. One of ACB’s main views, earning her support or condemnation, is her pro-abortion perspective, and there is possibility of a new ruling regarding abortion procedures as healthcare or a criminal act. It is believed now, in retrospect, that Trump used her nomination as a form of reeling in evangelist and traditionalist voters. This is not the first time that a candidate has used abortion as a pivotal point of their campaign. In fact, this hyper-involvement of abortion in policy started a few decades before the Trumpian era.

As a Black person myself, I have heard phrases that undermine black oppression and belittle our feelings as a minority group. They say, “But slavery happened over 400 years ago”, or “but the UK is one of the least racist countries.” That is correct but should not be a sentence used to invalidate the fact that racism still occurs towards Black people and is something that hinders them in today’s society.

In 2014, whilst studying international relations at Goldsmiths, University of London, Laura Coryton started the ‘Stop Taxing Periods. Period.’ The campaign, a global movement aiming to make menstrual products exempt from VAT.

Mohammed bin Salman has been a controversial figure not only in Western media, but more prominently in the international community and global corporations. Though his father King Salman has not yet officially abdicated, it is clear that his son has wielded control for years. The Prince’s blatant detachment from his father’s form of rule has had ground-breaking effects, which have exposed two faces of the moderniser: one of an innovative, proficient representative of reform and the other of an oppressive and potentially very catastrophic autocrat.

It’s a sad reality, and the impact even more devastating in a global recession: women are being financially ripped off – still.