By Bridgette Glover, Early-career Researcher, Media and Communications and Writing, University of New England
Violet’s storyline reminds us how women over 40 deserve representation as sexually empowered agents – worthy of being seen and valued.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People read newspapers and magazines on a street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2020. © 2020 Samuel Habtab/AP Photo Ethiopian authorities are resorting once again to the authoritarian playbook.On February 24, three months ahead of scheduled national elections, Ethiopia’s Media Authority announced the revocation of the Addis Standard’s operating license. The action risks silencing one of the last independent media outlets in the country.Since its establishment in 2011, the Addis Standard has been a prominent independent voice in an increasingly repressive…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People using their cellphones while in transit, September 2023. © 2023 Francis Joseph Dean/Dean Pictures/Reuters The Trump administration is framing its new forthcoming online portal, freedom.gov, as a bold defense of free expression. According to Reuters, the goal is to help users bypass European content restrictions and “counter censorship” in Europe and “elsewhere.”But the European rules freedom.gov wants to help people circumvent are not about censorship at all.Europe’s regulatory framework is not an authoritarian speech regime. Rather, it is an…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Thai officials outside the immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Last February, Thai authorities in Bangkok loaded 40 Uyghur men into blacked-out trucks and forcibly returned them to China. Their fates remain unknown.The men had spent over a decade in Thai immigration detention after having fled repression in Xinjiang in northwest China. Because the men faced grave risks of torture and other abuses in China, Thailand’s deportation—under pressure from Beijing—violated…
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By Rosheeka Parahoo, PhD, Musicology, Western University
The Juno awards remind us that cultural institutions have the power to reinforce national pride, and also invite critical reflection, dissent and re-imagination.
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By Ian Lee, Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Equating controversial or legally contested executive actions with the collapse of 250 years of constitutional democracy risks conflating the overreach of a singular president.
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By Laura Revell, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Canterbury
Michele Bannister, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy, University of Canterbury
Samantha Lawler, Associate Professor, Astronomy, University of Regina
Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.
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By Anais Möller, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, School of Science, Computing and Emerging Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology
The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.
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By Lorinda Cramer, Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
The “frugal chic” aesthetic is having its moment, however contradictory the concept may seem. “Frugal” suggests a focus on thriftiness, while “chic” oozes a sense of classic luxury.
Coined by former model and content creator Mia McGrath before trending on TikTok, this is one of the latest attempts to change how we think about clothes and disrupt our voracious appetite for fashion.
McGrath encourages Gen…
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By Sam Power, Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol
Peter Mandelson was released on bail this week after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Coming just days after the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the images of the former US ambassador being led away by police will likely stick with viewers for some time.
The political ramifications of Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US continue to reflect badly on Keir Starmer’s political judgment. While this is a story that will likely run and run, it is worth taking stock of how we got here.
December 19 2024: Mandelson appointed US ambassador…
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