JEREMY CORBYN: British Labour’s New Leader. By William James and Michael Holden Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party. “Things can and they will change,” Corbyn, who when he entered the contest was a rank outsider, said in his acceptance speech after taking 59.5 percent of votes cast, winning by a far bigger margin than anyone had envisaged. QUEEN ELIZABETH: “A job for life.” A photo-essay by Reuters Queen Elizabeth, who rallied support for the monarchy despite presiding over what was once known as the world’s most
We focus first this week on Europe’s refugee crisis. The migration of desperate people did not begin overnight, and as always F&O’s line up includes recent news, deep context, and some opinion: Nowhere to Run: A roundup of Europe’s refugee crisis, by Pia Dangelmayer (*unlocked) Migrants shut trains to UK; dead wash ashore in Turkey , by Reuters (*unlocked) “Politicizing” Alan Kurdi’s death. By Alexander Kennedy (Content warning) (*unlocked) Refugee, asylum seeker, migrant: what’s the difference? By Reuters (*unlocked) Migrants: A Train Towards a New Life. Photo-essay by Ogden Reofilovski, Reuters (*unlocked) Refugees are now the biggest crisis facing the European Union, by Jonathan Manthorpe (*subscription)
Ballet in Brazil’s ‘Crackland’. By Nacho Doce (*unlocked) On the outskirts of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the rough Luz neighbourhood – known as Cracolandia or “Crackland” locally for its widespread use of crack cocaine – might seem a world away from the beauty and grace usually associated with ballet. But there’s another side to life in Luz, in a country that’s among the world’s biggest consumers of crack cocaine. Hurricane Katrina 10 years on, a Photo-Essay by Carlos Barria (*unlocked) When I arrived in New Orleans after the 2005 hurricane, which caused flooding in 80 percent of the city and killed 1,572 people,
This week we bring to you an eclectic array of stories. Inside our site find works on David Simon’s new U.S. TV series on HBO; the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, migrants, and columns that will provoke — at least — thought. In Dispatches: Migrants: A Train Towards a New Life. Photo-essay by Ogden Reofilovski, Reuters This summer tens of thousands of refugees have passed through Macedonia, another step in their uncertain search for a better life in western Europe. They all travel in harsh conditions and face many challenges en route. The small railway station of Gevgelia, a stone’s