By Anne Pisor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Demography, Penn State
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.
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By Peter J. Quaranto, Visiting Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame
Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, Professor of the Practice in International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Visiting Scholar at the Jordan Center, New York University
Tyler Jess Thompson, Research Fellow with the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley
Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.
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By Ishani Banerji, Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing, Clemson University
Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming service to their legions of followers.
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By Amnesty International
I first met Seán in 2019. A bright, articulate Irish activist in his twenties, he was our guest at the Belgian launch of Amnesty International’s annual end-of-year campaign. And there, he shared his equally inspiring yet shocking story of blatant injustice, as he and others were being prosecuted for saving lives. Two years earlier, Seán […] The post Humanity on trial: the case of search-and-rescue volunteer Seán Binder appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Members of the Parliament of People with Disabilities organized by the Mexico City Congress, where for the first time a bill was presented to reform civil legislation to include the right to full legal capacity. © 2023 Communications Office of the Mexico City Congress Human Rights Watch and the College of Notaries of Mexico City released the 70-page Roadmap for Change, a practical guide that shows how to implement the legal capacity reform in a rights-respecting way through clear explanations, good practices, and real-life-based examples.The guide offers notaries…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters hold signs outside a Greek court in Mytilene, January 13, 2023, in support of 24 activists who were prosecuted for helping rescue migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea. © 2023 MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS/AFP via Getty Images Two dozen humanitarian workers face trial on the Greek island of Lesbos this week on baseless felony charges that carry 20 years in prison. Prosecutors have hounded the humanitarians for seven years for saving lives at sea, while the European Parliament has called this “the largest case of criminalization of solidarity in…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping during the official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on April 6, 2023. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images (Paris) – French President Emmanuel Macron should privately and publicly stress the importance of human rights in Sino-French relations during his visit to China from December 3 to 5, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Macron’s visit is one of several top-level engagements between European and Chinese leaders amid the complex and shifting geopolitical relationships among Europe, China, and the United…
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By David Marshall, Emeritus Professor, New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Deakin University
The first half of Stranger Things’ (2016–) final season has received almost 60 million views in five days – making it Netflix’s largest ever English language debut. But the reception has been marred by controversies surrounding actor David Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper, an ex-police chief in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.
Harbour has been the subject of pop culture news for several weeks now, following the release of ex-partner Lily Allen’s new album.…
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By Jye Marshall, Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology
Prada will become the new owners of the Versace brand, under a €1.25 billion (A$2.2 billion) deal.
Versace has recently struggled both financially and in keeping up with the larger luxury fashion houses. Before the sale, Versace was owned by Capri Holdings, which also holds brands including Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo.
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By Sarah Hellewell, Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
A recent episode of the The Kardashians shared some startling news about Kim Kardashian’s brain.
Discussing Kim’s recent brain scan, her doctor pointed out “holes” on her brain scan he said were related to “low activity”.
While this sounds incredibly sad and concerning, doctors and scientists have doubts about the technology used and its growing commercialisation.
I study…
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