The Oxfam scandal shows colonialism is alive and well | Suzanne Moore

Privileged white men giving devastated, impoverished women of colour money for sex is vile exploitation, not prostitutionThe sexual abuse of women and girls by certain men who worked for Oxfam is clearly despicable. Let us not muddy the waters by describing this as “the use of prostitutes” or by...

Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits expand beyond usual format

The pictures, painted by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, are vivid depictions by African American artists and will hang at the SmithsonianBarack Obama tried to negotiate less grey hair, he recalled, but Kehinde Wiley’s “artistic integrity” would not allow it. He tried to negotiate smaller ears but...

OxyContin-maker to stop promoting opioid painkiller to doctors

Salesforce also being halved as Purdue Pharma faces lawsuits amid US opioid crisisThe maker of the painkiller OxyContin is to stop promoting the drug to doctors and halve its salesforce, as it faces a growing number of lawsuits over its role in the US opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma said its...