By Amnesty International
In a new report released today, Amnesty International documented widespread human rights violations committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies during the Trump administration’s large-scale, militarized immigration enforcement operations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans and Washington, DC. The report, “We Had Whistles, They […] The post USA: Amnesty International Calls for ICE to Be Abolished After Documenting Widespread Human Rights Violations in Anti-Immigrant Operations appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Amnesty International
One year ago on 25 September 2025, the Huthi de facto authorities in Sana’a arbitrarily detained prominent lawyer and human rights defender Abdul Majid Sabra. In response, Diala Haidar, Amnesty International’s Yemen Researcher, said: “Abdul Majid Sabra, a lawyer who dedicated his career to defending those detained based on the peaceful exercise of their human […] The post Yemen: One year on, Huthis must release arbitrarily detained lawyer Abdul Majid Sabra appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Rachel Hewett, Associate professor, University of Birmingham
Through my research I have had the fortune of following 80 young people with vision impairment over 11 years. I tracked their journey from school through to adulthood, speaking at regular intervals to establish what had happened since we last spoke, what had gone well and what could have been improved.
The aim was to observe the different pathways…
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By Vanessa Corcoran, Director of Catholic Studies, Georgetown University
With deepfakes on the rise, forgery and deception are often viewed as distinctly modern problems – a new era of misinformation made possible by artificial intelligence. One of the first alarming cases occurred at the start of the war in Ukraine when a doctored video appeared to show President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling his soldiers to lay down their weapons.
Yet the impulse to deceive people by fabricating evidence far predates the digital age. And…
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By Lee Reiners, Director of Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University
The crypto industry scored a series of wins in 2025, only to see its top legislative goal fail in 2026.
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By Jay L. Zagorsky, Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
By adding friction and making it possible for people around problem gamblers to see what they’re up to, a cash requirement could protect them from big losses.
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By Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Associate Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
Carolyn Gallaher, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, American University School of International Service
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows across the Atlantic recently with his surprise remarks in favor of Irish unification.
His statements marked a stark departure from American policy on the issue and quickly stirred controversy across the U.K.,…
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By Justin Vaughn, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Applied Civic Leadership, Coastal Carolina University
Students in this course learn about the biology and sociology of friendship, but also put their studies to the test by going to eat a meal with a peer, and tracking their experience.
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By Menika Dirkson, Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
A local historian combed through a 1967 collection of police incident reports from Philadelphia’s airport police that included detentions of soldiers and veterans.
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By Ellen Murphy, Professor of Practice, Wake Forest University
The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI models can help address this justice gap of unmet legal needs.
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