By Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
Barbara Haya, Senior Fellow at the Center for Environmental Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
The Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, Ohio, used to catch fire every decade or so. It started in the 1860s, when the river became choked with industrial waste, and the conflagrations continued all the way until the 1960s – the same decade that Americans got serious about environmental protection.
People in the US now take for granted their clean water, clean air, and healthy forests. And when those are jeopardised,…
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By Benjamin Wild, Reader in Fashion Narratives, Manchester Metropolitan University
The fashion industry is mobilising its marketing machine to encourage Americans to vote in November’s presidential election, and it’s clear they want Kamala Harris to win.
The industry’s intervention in the race to the White House has increased since 2016, when US Vogue endorsed Hilary Clinton. This was the first time in its 100-year history that the fashion bible had put its weight behind a presidential candidate.
In this year’s tight and polarised contest between Harris and former president…
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By Steven Rawle, Professor of Film, York St John University
Japanese Godzilla movies reflect the country’s complex history as victims of the only nuclear bombings and as a rapidly developing economy in the 20th century.
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By Stephen Barber, Professor of Global Affairs, University of East London
In the long line of UK government budgets, this first one from Labour in 14 years will be remembered as one of the more significant. Perhaps not like those of Geoffrey Howe in 1981, which controversially cut spending in the middle of a recession, or Hugh Dalton in 1946, which heralded the massive expansion of the welfare state.
But it was certainly on a par with Gordon Brown’s in 1997 when he signalled a change in direction after 18 years in opposition. Or more ominously, the crisis management budget of Norman Lamont in 1993, delivered in the aftermath of sterling
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By Robert Muggah, Co-founder of Igarapé Institute and Lecturer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
The threat and incidence of political violence has intensified in this election year. The axis has largely shifted to the far right and is more deeply intertwined with gun culture and paramilitary groups.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
People repaying HELP student debts would get cost-of-living relief under changes to repayment arrangements to be announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday.
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By Amy Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, American University
No, it’s not the TV news networks. The presidential election certification process is a lot more complicated than that − and as Americans learned in 2020, it can take a long time.
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By Sarah Bush, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Lauren Prather, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
U.S. elections are free, fair and secure, research shows – but about 20% of Americans still said in a September 2024 Gallup survey that they are “not at all confident” that the presidential election results will be accurate.
Faith has been declining in the integrity…
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By Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
Michigan’s swing-state status means people are talking about Detroit.
Some have been saying unpleasant things.
Addressing the Detroit Economic Club on Oct. 11, presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that the “country will end up being like Detroit if (Kamala Harris is) your president. You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”
Later, Trump…
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By Jennifer Martin, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University
Ballot measure 309 would ban the only slaughterhouse in Denver, which processes up to 20% of the country’s lamb product.
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