 March 19, 2013 Food banks will come under intense pressure to cope with new demand after the government's April welfare reforms come into force, the head of the UK's Trussell Trust has warned ahead of this week's Budget. The charity has urged the Chancellor to recognise the UK's hidden hungry by releasing new details of the richest areas where people are still forced to resort to food banks – including one round the corner from the Queen. Continue reading... | BONNIE GREER |  | | Why 'Race' Is Fiction | | We know this: that all art is the product of the modern human brain with its beginnings, over 100,000 years ago, in Africa. There, our species Homo sapiens sapiens evolved before spreading out around the globe to become the most successful animal ever. Those who migrated to the icy lands of Europe encountered Neanderthal people who, having evolved there over such a long period, had probably developed fair skin. The dark skinned, fully modern migrants who interbred with them produced the first figurative art in Europe. They themselves, in turn, gradually became fairer as they adapted to life at higher latitudes. Those are the facts. This is fiction: 'Race'. Continue reading... | | | KATE ALLEN |  | | Forty Years of Amnesty International's Urgent Action | | The tenacity and forthrightness of Amnesty's founding members is truly remarkable and admirable. These were ordinary people with ordinary jobs, who appointed themselves as moonlighting human rights defenders. They picked up their pens and wrote to heads of state, demanding that they release prisoners. Continue reading... | | | DES FREEDMAN |  | | Press Regulation: The Missing Link is Concentrated Ownership | | Hypocrisy and hysteria has marked the reactions of whole sections of the press when faced with a challenge to their own power. But remember that it was precisely the abuse of this power that led to the phone hacking scandal, that was uncovered during the Leveson Inquiry, that was mobilised in attacking Leveson's conclusions and that, most recently, has resulted in cross-party agreement for a Royal Charter. Continue reading... | | | | RICHARD LAYARD |  | | Why Happiness Should Be a Global Priority | | Happiness means the quality of life as each person experiences it. This is a key outcome in itself and is an important measure of success for any country, regardless of the level of economic development. It tells us whether people are leading lives they find satisfying and fulfilling. Continue reading... | | | TONY CUNNINGHAM |  | | Mali: The Vital Role of Local Civil Society | | Mali, along with several of its neighbouring countries in the Sahel region of West Africa, remains in a state of crisis. The rebel threat has not gone away, despite their withdrawal from strategic towns, and the recent fighting has increased tensions between different ethnic groups, some of whom have been associated with the rebels' cause. Continue reading... | | 
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