By Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
In 1960, 72% of adults were married, and over 90% would go on to marry. HR policies and management practices back then catered to nuclear families with a lone, male breadwinner.
Today, dual-career couples and working mothers…
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By Olivier Sterck, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Michael W. Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to US$140,000 for a family of four. Currently, a family of that size has to be eking by on $33,000 a year to qualify as poor in the federal government’s eyes.
His critique builds on a broader debate about how to measure poverty in the United States. The U.S. government has made few changes…
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By Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
A lawsuit against Meta and Google avoids the issue of liability for content and focuses on allegations that social media platforms themselves are harmful by design.
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By Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College
Contemporary culture seems obsessed with authenticity – but the question of how to be ‘sincere’ in modern society has troubled philosophers for centuries.
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By Antonio Machado Allison, Professor of Environment and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals crucial to modern technology.
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By Angela van der Berg, Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape, University of the Western Cape
South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.
But getting the players in the energy space to do that is proving to be difficult. Around…
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By Amnesty International
My name is Guillermina Edith Juárez Leyva and I am a Zapotec woman from Oaxaca, Mexico. I am the founder and legal representative of Mano Vuelta AC, an organization of indigenous and Afro-Mexican women who work for human rights from an anti-racist and intercultural perspective. The name of our organization, Mano Vuelta, is inspired by an ancestral form of community […] The post “We will continue to move forward. There is no turning back” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of the first hearing in the trial of Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and 406 other defendants on charges including bribery and extortion, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty’s Deputy Director for Europe, said: “After almost a year behind bars in pretrial detention, Ekrem İmamoğlu will take to the dock to face an absurd array of 142 charges set out in an almost 4,000 page indictment and carrying a ludicrous […] The post Türkiye: Politically-motivated prosecution of Istanbul mayor raises serious fair trial concerns appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso has one of the highest rates of early marriage in the world, often leading to girls being forced to drop out of school to take care of their homes and husbands. Girls who are married off at a young age are also more likely to suffer domestic violence and health complications […] The post 8 wins against gender-based discrimination, violence and injustice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Aisha (not her real name), a woman with an acquired disability, sitting at the Center for Independent Living, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © 2022 Cabar.Asia (Bishkek, March 6, 2026) – Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic discrimination, despite legal reforms, Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026.The Kyrgyz government has taken positive steps in the last year to address violence against women with disabilities and to uphold their rights. But the government…
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