
How Do You Fight an Ideology?
Combating extremism, the parental leave arms race, and historical symbols of racism.
We speak to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair about tackling the threat from Islamic State. Could western intervention just make matters worst? Also, as a US university abandons the Confederate flag, we ask what we should do with relics of a past that we would rather forget.
And, an arms race seems to be gaining traction around parental leave in the private sector, with several high-profile companies announcing more generous policies this year. Is this part of a wider societal trend towards a better work-life balance?
(Photo: A Kurdish fighter walks by a wall bearing a drawing of the flag of so-called Islamic State in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, Nineveh Province. Credit: Getty Images)
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