By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
In the second half of the 19th century, colonial agriculture and pastoralism in Queensland were hungry for labour, and people of the South Pacific supplied much of it. Ryan Butta is not the first author to write the history of their maltreatment, but Blackbirding is a readable reminder of a shameful source of Queensland’s prosperity – he calls it “slavery” – that will make it known to new audiences.
Review: Blackbirding: A Reckoning with the Australian Slave Trade –…
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By Filipe Mendonça, Associate Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Co-founded by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Rockbridge offers candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former and now jailed President Jair Bolsonaro, strategic advantages in the tight race against incumbent President Lula
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By Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University
Many popular nicotine vapes are now banned in Pennsylvania, with only six companies approved to sell their products in the state after a legal ban went into effect on Oct. 19, 2026.
I am a health law professor at Villanova University outside Philadelphia.
Here’s how Pennsylvania’s new law works and what to expect as enforcement…
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By Ruth H. Thurstan, Associate Professor in Marine and Historical Ecology, University of Exeter
Britain’s limited appetite for fish is often assumed to be a long-standing cultural norm. Recipes published in a Good Housekeeping suggest otherwise.
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By Louise Ryland-Epton, Visiting Fellow in History, The Open University
The Royal Society was Britain’s principal scientific institution and some of its fellows were dabbling in the investigation of spirits.
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By Emily MacLeod, Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Education, McGill University; UCL
Recently, shorter teacher certification programs have been introduced in different Canadian provinces.
These programs are being implemented in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Québec.
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By Md Bodruddoza, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
Wanhong Yang, Professor of Watershed Science and Environmental Modelling, University of Guelph
Many of the excess nutrients causing algal blooms in Lake Erie come from nearby farms, and the challenge is keeping them out of waterways.
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By Svetoslav Georgiev, Associate Professor, School of Intelligent Finance and Business, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Until recently, buying a car meant obsessing over horsepower, transmission types and brand heritage. But step into the market today and the showroom floor looks entirely different.
With the aggressive expansion of electric vehicle production and the entry of smartphone giants like Xiaomi and Huawei into the car market, vehicles are rapidly transforming into rolling computers.
This shift raises a fundamental question for the modern market: are younger consumers beginning to evaluate…
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By Laura Jansen, Associate Professor in Classics & Comparative Literature, University of Bristol
For decades, data has told the story of our ecological crisis. Scientists track carbon emissions, map deforestation and log biodiversity loss. Yet data alone cannot make humanity feel the reality of a changing planet. True impact hinges on a shift in language – a vocabulary that dissolves the border between the human and the living world.
Phoebe Giannisi embodies this shift. Poet, classicist, performer, architect and environmentalist, Giannisi has produced one of the most radical bodies of eco-poetry…
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By James Horncastle, Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Ukraine’s recent tensions with the United States highlight the importance of technology in contemporary warfare. The American disruption of Starshield, the military version of Starlink, significantly increased Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russian attacks.
But what media coverage of these events misses, with its focus on the U.S., is that technology has made it easier for smaller states and sub-states to resist and challenge dominant powers.
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