By Amnesty International
Responding to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification’s official declaration of famine in Gaza City today, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, said: “Today’s official declaration of famine is a devastating confirmation of what humanitarian and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have been warning of for months, […] The post Israel/OPT: States must act now to halt Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City as famine officially declared appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jennifer Ho, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
In 1982, the brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and led to changes in the legal system.
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By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Alexander Theodoridis, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Raymond La Raja, Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
The MAGA base is not happy. Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy has done significant damage to his standing, particularly among his core supporters.
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By Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, University of Arizona
Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter.
Comedian Nathan Fielder’s persona is marked by deadpan. In his hit HBO comedy series “The Rehearsal,” he maintains a blank facial expression as he listens to contestants fumble their auditions for “Wings of Voice,” his fake reality singing competition. He takes the task of donning
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By Luke Keller, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ithaca College
For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of stars to form the first planets.
The first stars were initially composed of pure hydrogen and helium, and they were massive – hundreds to thousands of times the mass of the Sun and millions of times more luminous. Their short lives ended in enormous…
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By Roy Scranton, Associate Professor of English, University of Notre Dame
The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues.
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By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
Back-to-back summits in Alaska and Washington with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, respectively, have done little to clarify how U.S. President Donald Trump intends to engineer an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
Beyond vague exhortations of “land for peace,” it was unclear what exactly Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to in…
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By Amnesty International
According to media reports, A-E Electronics, a subsidiary of Israel’s biggest arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, used a Slovenian port to transport military cargo to Israel despite Slovenia’s decision to ban the export, import and transit of military equipment to and from Israel. On 31 July, in light of the European Union’s shameful failure to take […] The post Slovenia: Facilitating the transfer of arms to Israel ‘alarming’ and violates international law appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Teodora C. Hasegan
What does artificial intelligence mean for Mexico's Indigenous languages? For two days, digital activists reflected on how these technologies can revitalize or threaten their languages and cultures.
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By Global Climate Justice Fellowship
Join us for a Global Voices Insights in English with prominent experts and journalists from Nepal, Bangladesh, and China to find out how Global Voices’ co-writing journalistic fellowship model is bringing nuance to this complex topic.
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