By Robbyn Abbitt, Associate Director of the Geospatial Analysis Center, Miami University
If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must’ve taken at some point.
I’m an environmental scientist who specializes in geospatial technology, which involves analyzing the Earth and how geography plays a role in human societies. I use these tools…
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By Lauren Hall, Associate professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans…
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By Christopher Magra, Professor of American History, University of Tennessee
Washington’s fundamental character as a military leader was forged in the Ohio River Valley, where he also inadvertently helped ignite the French and Indian War.
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By Andrea Hagan, Instructor of Criminology & Justice, Loyola University New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans
HBCUs make up just 3% of the country’s colleges and universities. But their graduates include 40% of Black engineers and 50% of Black lawyers.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Supporters show support for the lawyer and human rights defender, Ahmed Souab, who was arrested on terrorism-related charges, in Tunis, Tunisia, April 25, 2025. © 2025 Ons Abid/AP Photo (Beirut) – A Tunisian lawyer and human rights defender, Ahmed Souab, who was sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, will face a new trial on appeal on February 12, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The Tunisian authorities should immediately drop the unfounded charges and release him, and stop retaliating against critics and the lawyers defending them.Tunisian authorities…
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By Simon Bronitt, Professor of Law, University of Sydney
The police role as a “thin blue line” between public order and chaos was tested in Sydney’s CBD on Monday night.
Videos have captured the violent clashes between police and some of the thousands of protesters who gathered at the Town Hall to protest the presence of Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Australia.
One video shows a police officer repeatedly punching a man lying prone on the street, his hands pinned behind him.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has defended the actions of the police in Sydney, saying they faced an “impossible situation”.
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By Irini Mavrou, Associate professor, Universidad Nebrija; UCL
Andrea Révész, Professor of Second Language Acquisition, UCL
Andreas Kyriakou, Profesor Asociado (Lingüística Aplicada), Universidad Nebrija
If you’re bilingual, moral choices can often feel more urgent and emotionally charged in one language yet distant and rational in another. This raises an intriguing question: does language merely shape how we express our thoughts, or can it also influence what we judge to be right or wrong?
Our research team has explored this question, looking not just at how moral decision-making is influenced by the language a person uses, but also by their underlying cognitive and emotional abilities.
By examining factors such as working memory and emotional intelligence along with language…
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By Consuelo Martinez Reyes, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies, Macquarie University
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) made history this weekend as the first Superbowl halftime headliner to sing only in Spanish – that too at a moment when the United States is facing a hostile anti-immigration climate.
The show’s message of love and togetherness has reverberated across countries and cultures. It is also chock-full of symbolism and messaging that represents an alternative America to the one taking shape under Donald Trump.
A fiesta celebrating Puerto Rican…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
What do Australians in focus groups say about the Liberal Party right now? “They just kind of laugh,” the former Liberal staffer turned pollster says.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (R) welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Rome, Italy, October 27, 2025. © 2025 Marco Iacobucci/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo For the second time in less than a year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred an EU member to its oversight body, the Assembly of States Parties, for failing to cooperate with the court.On January 26, ICC judges asked the court’s member countries to hold Italy to account for refusing to surrender Osama Elmasry Njeem, a Libyan suspect who had been in its custody.…
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