By Ray Madoff, Professor of Law, Boston College
Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns Out,” about how the American tax system has changed over the past 40 years,…
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By Amnesty International
The devastation caused by torrential rain in the occupied Gaza Strip that led to the recent flooding of thousands of tents and makeshift shelters and caused buildings to collapse was fueled by Israel’s ongoing restrictions on the entry of critical supplies to repair vital infrastructure, said Amnesty International today. Over two months after the ceasefire, […] The post Utterly preventable’ Gaza flood tragedy must mobilize global action to end Israel’s genocide appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Late one summer’s night in 2018, I was walking with a friend through central Thessaloniki when a man approached us to ask for directions. We stopped and, without warning, he attacked us. My friend got away but the man chased me down the street punching me on the forehead and kicking me in the back. The reason? A “man [my friend] was wearing a skirt”. More than […] The post Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jo Barnes, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Stellenbosch University
Water is a vital resource. Life on earth, as we know it, is impossible without access to safe drinking water. Concerns over declining quality and consistency of municipal drinking water supplied to consumers have been increasing over a long time.
In South Africa, widespread problems with the availability and quality of drinking water across urban areas have been well…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The response to the massacre has become deeply partisan, with Frydenberg calling on Albanese to accept ‘personal responsibility’ for the deaths.
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By Victoria Fernández, Researcher, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Ana Cros Stötter, Catedrática de Universidad. Física Aplicada, Universitat de València
Jaime Colchero, Profesor Titular. Física del Estado Sólido, código Unesco 2211, Universidad de Murcia
As children, we’re taught that the functions of a leaf are photosynthesis (turning sunlight into chemical energy) and storing water. This is generally true, including for the lettuce leaves we eat.
However, the surface of a leaf is not just a shield – it is a complex lattice of chemical compounds, with different properties in different areas. By finding out where lettuce’s weakness is concentrated (in its hydrophilic or “water-loving” areas), we can find new ways to protect it, make it last longer, and make it easier to produce and sell.
Not so waterproof
To protect…
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By Antonio Aloisi, Associate Professor of European and comparative Labour Law, IE University
Sara Kabiri, Assistant researcher, IE University; King's College London
The optional new rules aim to make things easier for ‘innovative’ startups and SMEs, but they could also erode workers’ rights.
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By Paul David Richard Griffiths, Professor of Finance; (Banking, Fintech, Corporate Governance, Intangible Assets), EM Normandie
Technology bubbles have often concealed major frauds. From the railway boom to the Madoff affair, are there warning signs at the heart of the current AI frenzy?
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By Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – The United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Yemeni government should immediately provide information on the whereabouts of the journalist Naseh Shaker and unconditionally release him, 35 organizations including Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to the president and vice president of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council.Shaker, 35, is a Yemeni journalist who was forcibly disappeared by STC authorities on November 21, 2023, on his way to Beirut to attend a training organized by the Samir Kassir Foundation. The STC controls several…
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By Sarah Bourke, Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science, University of Technology Sydney
Clint Hansen, Research fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University
Margaret Shanafield, Senior researcher, Hydrology/hydrogeology, Flinders University
For too long, Indigenous perspectives have not been heard in groundwater science. We must work together to protect Australia’s precious groundwater.
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