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Critical: British author Zadie Smith is guilty of ignorance, cynicism and racism in her essay titled Shibboleth, which appeared in The New Yorker this month, the writer says. Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images

Author’s views on student activism are sloppy and ignorant

In its apparent nothingness, Zadie Smith’s essay on student activism tells us about how genocide can be rationalised, writes Steve Salaita

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
An international team of researchers has developed a breakthrough microscopic technique that can detect minute particles of plastic in bottled water that can pass into human blood, cells and the placenta. (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bottled water in US found to contain miniscule pieces of plastic

Nanoplastics are the ‘spawn of microplastics that have broken down even further’, researchers said

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read