By Gretchen E. Ely, Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
A Kentucky woman was arrested for ordering abortion meds online. Her case shows how bad policy can trap people just trying to cope with an unintended pregnancy.
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By JB Bae, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
A study found that South Koreans who received donated US vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic were more in favor of their government giving to other nations.
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By Ingrid C. Romero, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Scott L. Wing, Research Geologist and Curator of Paleobotany, Smithsonian Institution
Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians – each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years. Combining AI with digital scanners helps researchers piece it all together.
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By Mark E. Wildmon, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Mississippi State University
Kenneth V. Anthony, Professor of Elementary Education, Mississippi State University
When schools abruptly closed their doors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, millions of students unexpectedly started learning at home, with or without the help of Zoom lessons.
Many observers – and perhaps some parents – assumed these…
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By Sonali Chakravarti, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
AI is making its way into the courtroom, but it can never replicate the moral legitimacy of a human jury.
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By Nausheena Hussain, Doctoral Candidate in Philanthropic Leadership, Indiana University
Young-Joo Lee, Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
Nonprofits led by Muslim women remain extensively engaged in a wide range of civic activities, even though 72% say they have experienced Islamophobia in their work.
That’s one of the main findings of the study that we conducted together. It is the basis of the applied research project – a type of dissertation – that one of us (Hussain)…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A national centre to detect and disrupt the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism is to be set up by the federal government, in the upcoming budget.
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By Anwen Elias, Reader in Politics, Aberystwyth University
Wales is going to the polls on May 7 to elect members to the Senedd (Welsh parliament). And the results could bring big change to the country. The polls are suggesting that this election will result in the biggest shake-up to the political landscape since the creation of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
Labour looks likely to lose significant electoral support, with Plaid Cymru and Reform vying to replace it as the largest party in the Senedd. The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are hoping…
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By Irene Appeaning Addo, Associate Professor of African Architecture, University of Ghana
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah, Scholar of Political Science, University of Ghana
Mjiba Frehiwot, Research Fellow-African Studies, University of Ghana
The call to prayer echoes across the neighbourhood as people congregate under the sweeping domes and tall minarets of Ghana’s National Mosque in Accra. For many, it is a place of faith, community and national pride. Yet, few pause to consider that this landmark – now firmly part of Accra’s skyline – was funded and built by Turkey.
This detail points to a bigger story. Some of Ghana’s most important public buildings are shaped by global relationships as much as local needs. And those relationships are not just economic;…
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By Thulasizwe Mkhabela, Research Fellow and Ad Hoc Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of collapsed government irrigation systems.
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