By Matteo Winkler, Professeur associé en droit et fiscalité, HEC Paris Business School
Marcelle A. Laliberté, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, HEC Paris Business School
In the lead-up to last year’s US presidential election and amid the new administration’s flurry of executive orders, some companies have changed their approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Whatever the result on May 3, even Liberal insiders think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.
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By Diego Muro, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of St Andrews
Ovidiu Craciunas, PhD candidate, The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews
Plots involving just one person are difficult to disrupt before the fact, but we’re learning more about what turns people into lone attackers.
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By Alexander F Santillo, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lund University
Olof Lindberg, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet
Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with the condition. A year later, it was revealed that US chat show host Wendy Williams had also been diagnosed with the condition.
Yet despite all this recent attention,…
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By Amnesty International
In response to a new online protest movement and in the lead up to the sixth anniversary of the Hirak movement in February 2025, Algerian authorities have intensified their relentless clampdown on peaceful dissent through arbitrary arrests and unjust prosecutions leading to lengthy prison sentences, said Amnesty International. Over the past five months, Algerian authorities […] The post Algeria: Authorities step up crackdown on peaceful dissent in the face of new expressions of discontent appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Mia Martin Hobbs, Research Fellow, War and Oral History, Deakin University
From the first world war to the invasion of Iraq, left-wing soldiers have questioned our involvement in wars. Yet we rarely hear these dissenting veteran’s voices.
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By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
Logan Linkston, Graduate Researcher, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
For each Australian federal election, there are two different ways you get to vote.
Whether you vote early, by post or on polling day on May 3, each eligible voter will be given two ballot papers: one for the House of Representatives (the “lower house”) and one for the Senate (the “upper house”). Each of these two ballots uses a slightly different system, so it’s worth understanding how your numbered boxes translate into real results.
Knowing how preferences work is key to making your vote count, before you get to enjoy your hard-earned democracy sausage.
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By Human Rights Watch
Asylum seekers embrace upon arriving in Panama City, Panama on March 8, 2025. They had just been released from an immigration reception station in the Darién region of Panama after being expelled from the US. © 2025 AP Photo/Matias Delacroix The United States carried out mass expulsions of 299 third-country nationals to Panama, subjecting them to harsh detention conditions and mistreatment, while also denying due process and the right to seek asylum.Many of these people had fled persecution due to ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, family ties, and political views.The United…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protestors hold signs as they march towards the White House during a Free Kilmar Abrego and a nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against US President Donald Trump's policies and executive actions, in Washington, DC, April 19, 2025. © 2025 RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC, April 24, 2025) – The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. To illustrate the breadth and depth…
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By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
Stephen Harrington, Associate Professor of Journalism and Professional Communication, School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
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