By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Aytaj Ahmadova during a rally on International Women's Day, March 8, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2024 Aziz Karimov/Getty Images Azerbaijani authorities are refusing to allow a jailed journalist with a serious breathing disorder to see a specialist or to undergo diagnostic scans, her family and lawyer say, the latest sign of the deteriorating conditions for the country’s imprisoned journalists.Aytac Ahmadova, 32, who writes as Aytac Tapdig, is a reporter for the exiled outlet Meydan TV. She has been in pretrial detention at Kurdakhani Prison since December 6, 2024,…
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday.
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
What jobs are most associated with deaths from radiation-related cancer? Surprisingly, the answer is cabin crew and pilots – ahead of nuclear technologists, whose work involves handling radioactive materials used in medical imaging and treatment.
That’s the finding of a new study that analysed more than 12.7 million death records from 2020 to 2024, covering more than 500 occupations. The researchers ranked the occupations by the proportion of deaths in which a radiation-related…
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By Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
Although it’s important that journalists practice diligence and deference, communities need to be willing to engage, forgive and voice concern.
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By Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, Teaching Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver
Susan D. Daggett, Professor of the Practice of Law, University of Denver
Colorado is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Well over half of low-income Colorado residents are cost-burdened, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. That means they spend more than 30% of their pretax income on rent or mortgage payments.
In fact, some 87% of extremely low-income Coloradans, or those who support a family of four on less than US$43,200 per year, are considered cost-burdened.
These high costs are explained, in part, by a significant housing…
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
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By Brooklyn Walker, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee
Paul Djupe, Director of the Data for Political Research Program, Denison University
Christian nationalism, a worldview that sees the United States as a Christian nation and believes that Christianity should have a privileged role in American civic life, has been shown to be related to a host of social attitudes.
Research shows that people who hold Christian nationalistic beliefs tend to, on average, also show antipathy toward religious minorities and
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By Ziv Epstein, Postdoctoral Associate in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and of Information, University of Michigan
Michael Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
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By Matthew Kurtz, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University
Novel treatments include mental exercises to boost cognitive function, as well as strategies that help people with schizophrenia understand the emotions of others.
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By Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Clinical Professor of Literacy Studies, Drexel University
Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.
Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to write in cursive or script, rather than the print writing typically taught to young children today. Some people at the time thought…
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