Isles of the Left

How Can I Be an Active Citizen if I’m Always Stuck in Traffic?

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Every day we are treated with traffic jams which exhaust our physical and mental capacity. How can we, in the little free time that remains, possibly have the energy and the concentration to follow and analyse news, watch films and read books of a certain depth and social relevance?

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How Equitable is Maltese Education?

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Overall, Malta occupies a joint 15th place on the EU Social Justice Index. However, when it comes to equitable education, Malta features in the last place (28th) of the same Index in granting equal access to education. There is no social justice without equity in education. [Read more…] about How Equitable is Maltese Education?

Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Data collected from users feeds algorithms that are shaping our perceptions about the world and the way we engage with the information by selecting what we can see, read and listen on the web, most of the time with a hidden agenda. [Read more…] about Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence