Since the implementation of the 1969 Representation of the People Act, 18-year-olds have been eligible to vote in the UK. However, youth turnout at elections has dwindled since the ‘90s. Links have been drawn between the turnout slump and political phenomena such as conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, alongside the...
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Journalists at The Boar have been reporting on abortion since the paper’s launch in 1973 – the same year the Supreme Court deliberated on the landmark Roe v. Wade case. This ruling, decided by a 7-2 margin, protected women’s right to abortion in the United States. Just over a year...
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Due to pressures stemming from the cost-of-living crisis and real-terms cuts to maintenance loans, UK students are turning to sex work to pay their bills at university. With the average student down £600 per month, concerns have been raised by researchers who suggest that the lack of financial support given...
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