By Amnesty International
Authorities must refrain from cracking down on peaceful protesters, Amnesty International said, ahead of events and demonstrations planned throughout Europe to commemorate Nakba Remembrance Day on or around 15 May. Over the past six months, there have been alarming attempts by authorities across Europe to silence those who speak out against the killing by Israel […] The post Europe: Authorities must protect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly ahead of Nakba Remembrance Day appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By David E. Clementson, Associate Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
John E. Jones III is the president of Dickinson College and a retired federal judge appointed by President George W. Bush. David E. Clementson is a scholar of political communication at the University of Georgia and a specialist in political deception. Senior politics editor Naomi Schalit interviewed the two about the latest developments in the hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump, and the discussion…
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By César Albarrán-Torres, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
As one of billions of bilingual individuals in the world, it disappoints me when a film or TV show with characters of a non-English-speaking background is spoken entirely in English. This is specially the case when the production has been distributed globally.
It is even more disappointing – borderline insulting – when the lines are delivered by a native English speaker in a fake, over-the-top…
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By Sarah Treby, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University
Samantha Grover, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Soil Science, RMIT University
When it comes to storing carbon, alpine peatlands are powerhouses. But feral horse grazing and trampling tips the carbon balance in the other direction. We need to protect and restore our peatlands.
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By John Goss, Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra
Government spending on health has been growing so rapidly that a decade ago the then health minister Peter Dutton called it “unmanageable” and “unsustainable”.
Health spending grew in real terms by 44% in the ten years to 2021–22. Real GDP grew by 26% in that period, so we have been spending increasing amounts on health as a…
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By Holly High, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Deakin University
I did not think particularly deeply about birth until the prospect of my own labour was on the horizon. I asked my grandmother, then in her eighties, what to expect.
It was a family gathering in June 2013. We were sitting side-by-side at the long, polished dining table that fills almost the entire dining room of a wooden farmhouse outside a town in the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales, where we’d spent many Christmas lunches.
I was leaning toward Joan across my new and strange belly, and her smile seemed to say: no judgement that your pregnancy preceded any sort…
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By Amy Corderoy, Medical doctor and PhD candidate studying involuntary psychiatric treatment, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
Australians are more likely to receive treatment against their will if they are born overseas, speak a language other than English or are unemployed.
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By Leah Ruppanner, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
A declining population can have big implications for society down the track. To make parenting easier, governments need to take a more nuanced approach.
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By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Education, Monash University
Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University
Our ongoing research has found sexism, sexual harassment and misogyny are rife in Australian schools. The federal government needs to lead a national campaign against this.
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By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg
Communication about conflict is the fundamental starting point for future action. In modeling non-violent communication, university leaders can proactively counter potential extremism.
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