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Here's a handy breakdown of what these elections actually are about, why they could matter and who's backing what.

Amnesty International UK today condemned Alabama’s “horrifying” new abortion regulations, but reminded people to look a little closer to home, where women in Northern Ireland can face life in prison for terminating their pregnancies.

'Knock Down The House' has been criticised as a feel-good movie for liberals, but its point is that winning is hard and “the machine” will nearly always win in the end. What it offers is hope, and a reminder that emotions matter, especially now.

After Greta Thunberg visited the UK, politicians sat down to discuss the next steps for avoiding ecological apocalypse.

Nigeria is about to vote in a new president, and the outcome will have a vast impact on the country's youth, who make up over half of the population. 17-year-old photographer Isabel Okoro captured her peers and asked them what they want for the country.

Sharan Dhaliwal is a British-Indian woman who was working in the Houses of Parliament on March 22nd when it was attacked by Khalid Masood.

For Ciaran Thapar, a mixed race youth worker living in Brixton, Britishness is an endless pilgrimage back and forth between different sets of opposing poles.

For writer Hydall Codeen, Britain today has become the embodiment of an irresolvable argument.

Journalist Clive Martin left London in 2017, disenchanted by the city he grew up in. In search of an alternative Britain, he headed for the north.

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff is the deputy editor of 'Gal-dem'. Her debut book, 'Mother Country', looks at what Britishness means to the children and grandchildren of the Windrush generation.

Candice Carty-Williams's debut novel 'Queenie' tells the story of a 25-year-old black woman living in London, straddling two cultures.

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