By Eric Van Rythoven, Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University
Canadian diplomatic efforts amid Canada-U.S. tensions should aim at convincing American citizens that the idea of annexing Canada is a betrayal of U.S. values
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By Frank Deer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Indigenous nationhood has not just been a part of Indigenous ways of life for centuries, but is now closely tied to established and developing legal and constitutional principles in Canada.
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Kidney damage, then, can affect almost part of your body – but there are simple lifestyle changes you can make today to avoid harming your kidneys tomorrow.
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By William Blazek, Professor Emeritus of American Literature and Modern Culture, Liverpool Hope University
The fractured sense of time that F. Scott Fitzgerald creates challenges literary convention. It also reflects a world in flux after the first world war.
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By Mehebub Sahana, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geography, University of Manchester
The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
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By Louise N Hanson, PhD in Social and Developmental psychology, Durham University
In TikTok’s latest viral beauty trend “the morning shed,” beauty influencers “shed” hair and skin products that have been worn overnight. These include hair styling items, skin masks and creams, and physical products such as chin straps and mouth tape, which are intended to help with breathing through the night and keep away the drooping of the jaw that happens with age.
While this trend has come under fire for alleged unsustainability…
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By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
The US president, Donald Trump, met with far-right activist Laura Loomer in the Oval Office last week. Loomer is a figure so extreme that she is shunned by many, even in Trump’s “make America great again” (Maga) movement.
Hours after their meeting, Trump fired a string of national security officials, including General Timothy D. Haugh, the head of the National…
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By Seda Gurkan, Assistant Professor in European Studies and International Relations, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
The EU has many important partnerships in place with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which explains its muted response to the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
Loquan was a man who navigated both the corporate and cultural worlds with incredible ease, leveraging one to amplify the possibilities of the other.
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By Amnesty International
Salvadoran human rights defender Fidel Zavala risks being tortured and subjected to other mistreatment. Zavala was recently moved to a prison where guards are the same, he had previously denounced for torturing people and conducting other forms of mistreatment. Zavala’s life and physical integrity are at immediate risk. “The transfer of Salvadoran HRD Fidel Zavala […] The post El Salvador: Fidel Zavala at risk of torture and other mistreatment appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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