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2 months ago | 
newsweek.com | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Francis' worldview, grounded in a commitment to social justice, had clear political implications.
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2 months ago | 
spectator.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Today, millions of people will watch the funeral of Pope Francis taking place at the Vatican. The ceremony, expected to be attended by thousands of people and world leaders including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and United States president Donald Trump, will take place outdoors, in front of the Saint Peter’s Basilica.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Domestic abuse can drive people to the deepest depths of despair Last week, the conclusions of the inquest into the death of Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck were released to the public. The inquest found that the 19-year-old “died by suicide” after she was found in her room on December 2021. However, her death did not occur in a vacuum.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Opinions on Israel and Palestine should be debated, not shut out In 1982, Australian theorist Dale Spender published her seminal work Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, which used prominent feminists from the Global North as case studies to chart hundreds of years of the policing of women’s speech. Spender argued that, under patriarchy, women who reveal themselves to be intellectually competent risk retribution.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
spiked-online.com | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Karla Sofía Gascón's tweets aren’t even the most insulting thing about this wretched musical.
Share Topics Culture Identity Politics Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. Karla Sofía Gascón, the trans ‘star’ of award-winning musical Emilia Pérez, currently finds himself in a spot of bother.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Pope Francis welcomed the New Year by thundering against the ongoing war in the Middle East. Last week, in his annual "State of the World" speech to diplomats, he condemned Israel's 15-month-long military campaign in Palestine. "We cannot in any way accept the bombing of civilians. We cannot accept that children are freezing to death because hospitals have been destroyed or a country's energy network has been hit," the ailing Catholic leader stated.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
Taken over and destroyed by men The Women’s Equality Party has died. Or has it? On 17 November, 78 per cent of the membership of the party voted on a motion to dissolve the organisation, citing financial difficulties and a changed political landscape than the one they entered almost ten years ago. Mandu Read, the current and final leader, said that donations to the party dropped after COVID-19, which made the party’s future unsustainable.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu? How long can the West maintain double standards around the Russo-Ukraine war and the Israel-Palestine conflict? Last week, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and a leader from Hamas, for “crimes against humanity and war crimes” in the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
A huge surge of support from the Latino community helped Donald Trump to victory in the US election. I could never envision myself voting for Donald Trump. But my aunt in New York, who became a citizen many years ago did just that: last week she cast a ballot for the Republican candidate. So why did she, and so many other Latinos, turn to Trump? There has been an outpouring of racism and xenophobia from liberal circles aimed at the Latino community for choosing to back Trump.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Raquel Rosario Sánchez
A huge surge of support from the Latino community helped Donald Trump to victory in the US election. I could never envision myself voting for Donald Trump. But my aunt in New York, who became a citizen many years ago did just that: last week she cast a ballot for the Republican candidate. So why did she, and so many other Latinos, turn to Trump? There has been an outpouring of racism and xenophobia from liberal circles aimed at the Latino community for choosing to back Trump.
