By Alex Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor & Director, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona
Rachel D. Van Nostrand, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Louisiana State University
Scholars have defined the elements of what qualifies as a concentration camp system. Based on those, ICE detention facilities meet the definition of concentration camps.
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By Allyson Gold, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
The US and UK both face a housing crisis. But while US policy has stalled, the UK has just enacted major protections for renters.
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By Nilgun Anadolu-Okur, Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University
Jeremy Mennis, Professor of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University
A roughly 14-foot-tall bronze statue of the United States’ most famous abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, will become a permanent fixture outside Philadelphia’s City Hall later this year. It will be the first statue of a Black female historical figure in the city’s public art collection.
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By Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
Cody Turner, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bentley University
Everyone likes being told they’re clever, even if it’s coming from an AI chatbot. But their sycophancy has serious consequences for truth and trust.
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By Robert I. Harris, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology
As US gas prices climb, politicians are looking at ways to lower them. An economist breaks down what does − and doesn’t − move the number on the sign at the gas station.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
With all the talk about the May 12 budget containing significant tax reform, Anthony Albanese sounded very sensitive when confronted about one big reform his government won’t be making.
In a question-and-answer session at a forum run by the Daily Telegraph on Friday, it was put to Albanese, “You’re talking about fundamental and profound reforms, but why won’t you do the simplest and most effective reform and index income tax rates?”
The prime minister bristled, first saying (wrongly) “no government has done that” and then going on, “you define it that way. I don’t think…
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By Rita Fontinha, Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy, Henley Business School, University of Reading
A century ago, the five-day working week helped reshape society. It was introduced at scale by industrial pioneers to address not only worker wellbeing but also economic pressures.
US industrialist Henry Ford was among the first to give workers two full days off per week, 100 years ago this month. Ford suspected that giving workers a “weekend” would increase overall productivity – and he was correct.
Today, as advances in artificial…
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By John Noone, Assistant Professor & Course Director BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick
Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known for her role as teenage demon slayer Buffy Summers, recently shared in an interview that she uses an “EMS suit” during workouts to stay fit. And she’s not the only one who has made this form of exercising a trend – with celebrities from Tom Holland to Cindy…
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By Toby Matthiesen, Senior Lecturer in Global Religious Studies, University of Bristol
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will leave the global oil producers’ cartel Opec. Its decision is the latest sign that the war in the Middle East has not only deepened animosities between Iran and its Gulf neighbours, but among the Gulf states too.
Founded in 1960, Opec is a rare success story among multilateral organisations in the region. Its policies paved…
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By Jack Reid, PhD Candidate in Irish literature, University of Limerick
Amy Wilcockson, Research Fellow, English Literature, Queen Mary University of London
Clodagh Philippa Guerin, PhD Candidate in Refugee World Literature, University of Limerick
Ellen Howley, Assistant Professor in the School of English, DCU, Dublin City University
Janine Bradbury, Poet and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Culture, University of York
Julie Meril Gardner, PhD candidate in literature, Nottingham Trent University
Kate McLoughlin, Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford
Katie MacLean, PhD candidate in literature and languages, University of Stirling
Sally Flint, Creative Lead, We Are the Possible programme, University of Exeter
Steve Waters, Professor of scriptwriting and playwright, University of East Anglia
We asked ten literary experts to recommend the climate poem that has spoken to them most powerfully. Their answers span over 200 years and a range of emotions from sorrow, to anger, fear and hope.
This article is part of Climate Storytelling, a series exploring how arts and science can join forces to spark understanding, hope and action.
1. Death of a Field by Paula Meehan (2005)
Published in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Paula Meehan’s
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