In recent days, the video posted on Facebook by Beppe Grillo and his heartfelt defense toward his son, accused, together with three other people, of sexual violence against a girl, has aroused controversy and indignation. On one hand, the critics accuse Grillo of having used his media and political power as the leader of Movimento 5 Stelle to express his frustration as a father, on the other hand it is the very content of the message that has sparked controversy and horror. B

A lost generation: How the pandemic is widening the educational gap In late summer, a picture of two girls studying on the sidewalk next to a Taco Bell in Salinas, California, captured the attention of many around the globe. The story behind it? They were accessing the WIFI of the fast-food chain to keep up with online school. This rare snapshot resonated with so many, encapsulating the educational gap that has long existed in our societies, but multiplied with the outbreak o

No-one knows the exact numbers; how many women are sex trafficked in the borders between Greece and Turkey; how many migrants were treated as slave workers to build the FIFA 2018 stadium in St Petersburg; how many children are part of the organ transplant tourism industry worldwide. Forced labour, sexual exploitation, organ harvesting; the hell of modern slavery that has chained in its ire an estimated 40.3 million people, according to the International Labour Organization (I