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The Iran crisis was decades in the making. You reap what you sow
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (557+ words) History always trips up the future and causes future wars to happen, writes Big Issue founder John Bird Winston Churchill (centre) with Queen Soraya of Persia (left) and the Shah of Iran, 21 February 1955, 10 Downing Street. Image: Associated Press / Alamy A…...
Why has Hitler taken so long to die?
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (608+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we're investigating, the change we're fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. In cultural terms the Nazi dictator is still unavoidable. How much is that to…...
The extraordinary story of the first Black woman to hold a pilot's licence
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (627+ words) Keir Starmer's promises to tackle child poverty are too vague. Sign our petition asking the PM to tell us how many kids he will get out of poverty. Despite her her extraordinary life, Bessie Coleman's pioneering story was hidden in…...