By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Some have argued Harris moved too far to the left in the campaign. Instead, she may have failed to listen to the message coming from her base.
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By Christian Downie, Associate Professor, Australian National University
What will a Trump Presidency mean for climate policy, in the US, Australia and elsewhere? Buckle up, it’s not pretty.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Detainees stand behind cell bars at the police immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. © 2019 Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo Thai authorities are continuing to place refugees and asylum seekers at risk of torture by forcibly returning them to China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries with well-documented records of torturing dissidents.In doing so, Thailand is violating the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which it ratified in 2007. The convention prohibits governments…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. © 2024 Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A second presidential term for Donald Trump, who appointed three of the Supreme Court justices that eliminated the US constitutional right to abortion, poses a serious threat to reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. This is despite opinion polls showing that 63 percent of people in the US think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.We cannot know what happens next, but at the state level some things are clear,…
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By Reena Kukreja, Associate Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
The broader societal fallout of anti-immigrant discourse is the further normalization of everyday hate and animosity toward migrants, especially those who are racialized.
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By Daniel Kudla, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Canada and other countries have adopted a Housing First approach to addressing homelessness. To be effective, the approach must be accompanied by policies that tackle broader economic and housing issues.
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By Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
Iran’s rial fell against the dollar just as Trump was claiming victory. The 2 events are linked, argues an expert on the Iranian economy.
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By Farida Jalalzai, Professor of Political Science; Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech
While other countries have had female leaders in office, these women tend to have family connections or hold roles that are less powerful than that of the US president.
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By Paul Bowell, Lecturer of Sport Managmnet and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology
Sportwashing is becoming more entrenched across the globe, but there are various methods fans can use if they want to resist it.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Secondary school girls in a classroom in a middle secondary school in Sédhiou, southern Senegal. Photo by Elin Martínez. © 2017 Human Rights Watch Millions of children experience sexual violence and other forms of violence every day, everywhere. New data shows that in the last year alone, 82 million girls and 69 million boys experienced some form of sexual violence globally, often in spaces where they should feel and be safe: at home, school, on public transport, and in community or religious spaces.In that same period, data from the coalition group Together…
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