By Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowa
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
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By Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
At the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, 1.3 million individuals from 17 countries were living and working in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
TPS is a humanitarian form of protection from deportation for people who cannot return to their home countries because of an armed conflict, environmental disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.
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By Tito Boeri, Professor of Economics, Bocconi University
Giacomo Anastasia, PhD Candidate in Economics, Columbia University
Oleksandr Zholud, Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Expert in Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis, Kyiv School of Economics
The war has made it more difficult for firms in Ukraine to find workers and for job seekers to find work – but the impact has not been catastrophic.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladić in the courtroom in The Hague, Netherlands, June 8, 2021. © 2021 Jerry Lampen/AP Photo Survivors’ groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina have condemned the announcement that the Serbian government plans to bury the convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladić with “highest military and state honors.” Mladić, the Bosnian Serb army chief during the Balkan wars of the early 1990s, died on August 27 in custody in The Hague following his 2017 conviction by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)…
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By Amanda Keddie, Professor of Education, Deakin University
Nationals leader Matt Canavan says boys are ‘sick and tired of the feminisation’ of Australia’s curriculum. An education professor explains how it works.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
He is in his late fifties and lives outside a capital city. He owns his home — most often outright — and he still gets up and goes to work. He did a trade or a TAFE diploma rather than a degree, speaks only English at home, and calls his background Australian.
This is not a portrait of the fringe. It is a portrait of the part of Australia that used to be called the mainstream.
This was once a depiction of the “Howard battlers”, later “Tony’s tradies”. Now it’s Pauline Hanson who has a grip on many of these people, with who they are and what…
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By Vassiliki Sinopoulou, Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviews, University of Lancashire
Denmark eats more sugar than Britain and invented the Danish pastry, yet far fewer Danes are obese. What are they doing differently?
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) marked its 25th anniversary in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with all the trappings a diplomatic milestone demands.
There were 21 heads of state and government present for a ceremonial “family photo” and two-page Bishkek Declaration on September 1. A further 28 agreements included “strengthening multilateral…
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By Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Professor in History, University of Wollongong
The journalist, author and activist has died aged 92. She spent more than 60 years setting feminist torches alight the world over.
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By Olivia Hewitt, Postdoctoral researcher, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
Sea sponges are some of the world’s simplest animals – but even so, the rhythm of night and day kicks off a crucial stage of their life cycle.
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