By Daniel Waldeck, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Coventry University
Rachael Leggett, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Covenant University
Imagine asking a coworker to help you on a project, and although they agree, they suddenly “forget” whenever the deadline approaches. Or a friend saying “you look beautiful today, I barely recognised you,” after you show them your new haircut.
Perhaps you know all too well the feeling of a parent or partner ignoring you following some perceived slight.
On the surface this behaviour may seem relatively minor. But if it happens often, this could indicate a narcissist is using passive-aggressive…
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By Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
It’s a mistake to think that, when it comes to the UK economy, the Conservatives have always been seen by British voters as a safer pair of hands than Labour. But, notwithstanding the damaging austerity imposed on the country by David Cameron’s chancellor, George Osborne, it was, by and large, the case between 2008 and 2022. This was a period bookended by the global financial crisis that occurred under Gordon Brown’s watch as Labour chancellor and then prime minister, and by…
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By Tom Malleson, Associate Professor of Social Justice & Peace Studies, Western University
In its governance structure, the modern workplace operates as a kind of mini dictatorship. But what if there were an actual legal right to workplace democracy?
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By H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
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By Timothy Kuiper, Senior Lecturer - Biodiversity and Statistics, Nelson Mandela University
A new Kruger National Park study has conclusively found that dehorning rhino can save most from poachers, but some will still be killed for their stumps.
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By Amnesty International
In response to President Trump imposing a new discriminatory travel ban on visitors from Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, and a partial ban on people from another seven countries, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “President Trump’s new travel ban is […] The post USA: Trump’s travel ban will harm people seeking safety, spread hate and discrimination appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Thursday, June 5, 2025
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
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By Ari Peskoe, Lecturer on Law, Harvard University
Eliza Martin, Legal Fellow, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard University
If state regulators allow utilities to follow the standard approach of splitting the costs of new infrastructure among all consumers, the public will end up paying for data centers’ power.
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By Diane Winston, Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The pardons strike home for his right-wing religious supporters, many of whom think that Democrats will do anything to quash their faith.
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By Lorraine Besser, Professor of Philosophy, Middlebury
Instant evaluations narrow your perspective and limit your mind’s potential to connect and engage with other aspects of your experiences.
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