Isn’t free and equal education for all the bastion of equal opportunity? Not if the education system segregates children according to the thickness of their parents’ wallets.
The Sea Is Our Only Remaining Open Space. Let Us Preserve It!
Being by the sea is our only chance to experience public space once again; to be connected with one another and with nature.
Our Top 15 Essays of 2019
In Malta, 2019 brought political crisis, but also stirred democratic mobilization. These essays, best-loved by our readers and editors, grasp the essence of the year.
Commemorating Sette Giugno in 2019: Calling for Strikes and Workers’ Uprising
A hundred years later, Sette Giugno events hit close to home. The blatant speculation and unfettered market practices that led to the spike in food prices in 1919 resemble untamed profiteering in Malta’s housing and labour markets in 2019.
Maltese Identity? It Is Complicated!
We have collected a few stories and perspectives which contemplate on how national identity is constructed and what effect it has on our lives.
Abortion 180 Degrees: From a Taboo to a Norm
Although still a taboo, abortion has entered public debate—the fact that marks a fundamental societal shift. Time will tell whether Malta’s pro-choice campaign will eventually repeat the success of the Irish one.
The Valletta We Want: the Struggles for a Common City
In the name of profit, various commercial interests are seeking to take away all that Valletta has to offer to the good of society. Any vision for a better city ought to have our common good as its main aim.
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