By Tanya D. Marsh, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
Cemeteries can set their own rules, and Arlington’s are the most restrictive in the nation, meant to protect what it calls ‘our nation’s most sacred shrine.’
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By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Traveling to space is riskier than many extreme sports − an increase in private missions could mean more civilians taking that risk.
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By Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Cross University
My first curiosities about the new opera Eucalyptus, an adaptation of Murray Bail’s multi-award-winning 1998 novel, were regarding how Ellen and the many stories told to her by her ultimately successful suitor would be portrayed.
Would Ellen be a victim of the plans of men, or would she forge her own path, as she does in the novel? Overall, I was relieved the opera remained largely faithful to Bail’s novel by recognising and respecting its various narrative pleasures.
Bail’s story centres…
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By Jacob Dlamini, Associate Professor, Princeton University
Steve Biko married reason with proselytising in ways that made him an excellent organiser. He understood the importance of organising and the need for faith in action.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?
At the time, it seemed to most observers the unlosable election – until he lost it.
Events would have derailed a Shorten government, to a greater or lesser extent, just as they did the Morrison government.
Shorten would have had to manage the COVID pandemic. He’d probably have had smoother relations with the Labor states during the…
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By Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
Kimberly DaCosta, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University
Miriam Nyhan, Assistant Professor of History, Mary Immaculate College
Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
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By Deanne Fisher, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology
Today we’re able to finally reveal the first detailed picture of the gas shroud around a galaxy, extending 100,000 light years out into ‘empty’ space.
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By Amnesty International
Saudi Arabia’ s authorities must immediately release all those arbitrarily detained solely for expressing their views online ahead of the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, said 40 NGOs and human rights organizations including Amnesty International in a joint statement published today. One of the key themes of the annual forum on digital public […] The post Saudi Arabia: Authorities hosting Internet Governance Forum while imprisoning online critics exposes deep hypocrisy appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators react as Nigerian policemen fire teargas canisters during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 1, 2024. © 2024 Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images (Abuja) – Nigerian authorities have charged 10 protesters who were arrested during protests across Nigeria in August 2024 with treason, which carries a possible death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should drop the charges.According to legal sources consulted by Human Rights Watch, the 10 protesters are among the 124 people arrested in Abuja and other states, including Kano…
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By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
National Cabinet unveiled a $4.7 billion partnership, starting July 1 2025, to address domestic violence. It’s funding that’s sorely needed and enthusiastically welcomed, but needed immediately.
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