By Daria Dergacheva
In the latest GV podcast, we discussed why Russia restricts access to many social media services, while Belarus does not impose comparable restrictions; censorship, surveillance, and digital authoritarianism — Belarusian style.
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By Fernanda Canofre
“Under normal conditions, this is already serious enough, because the platform rules over the information flow in a society, but when you apply it to an electoral dispute, it's even more serious.”
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By Liz Rosenberg, Professor of English, General Literature and Rhetoric, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A children’s literature author explains how some of her favorite Halloween-themed children’s books can help children prepare for the holiday ahead.
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By Mireille Rebeiz, Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand, Dickinson College; University of Otago
In August, the UN Security Council voted to end the decades-long peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Blue helmets will leave by the end of the year.
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By Emily Smith-Greenaway, Dean's Professor of Sociology and Professor of Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Ashton Verdery, Professor of Sociology, Demography and Social Data Analytics, Penn State
Halloween kicks off a series of religious and cultural festivals to honor the dead, including All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the Day of the Dead. But deceased loved ones don’t disappear from people’s social worlds once the ghost and skeleton decorations come down.
Present in memory and tradition, the dead can shape people’s identities and behaviors long after they die. Recent survey data shows that almost…
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Friday, October 23, 2026
The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron.
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By Hannah Ridge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Chapman University; Institute for Humane Studies
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, often called Haredim, make up a small but growing percentage of Israel’s population. Still, their political parties wield significant influence.
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By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Several characters have worn the mantle of the villain Clayface in DC comics across eight decades – but the two most prominent must surely be Basil Karlo and Matt Hagen.
Karlo, the first Clayface, who debuted in June 1940, was a B-movie actor who had no superpowers but did have a thirst for blood and a penchant for crime. In the 1950s Batman adventures, Clayface reappeared in the shape of Matt Hagen, a treasure hunter whose accidental encounter with radioactive material gave him the power to transform into a lumbering mass of muddy goo with superhuman strength and the ability to shapeshift…
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By Waya Quiviger, Professor of Practice of Gobal Governance and Development, IE University
A Democrat win in Congress won’t suddenly make Trump a reliable ally – especially when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.
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By Alice Craggs, Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University
The NHS has a substantial carbon footprint. Yet one part of its environmental impact receives relatively little attention: maternity care.
The health service is responsible for an estimated 4% to 5% of England’s greenhouse gas emissions. A 2025 report from the Royal College of Obstetricians…
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