By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Federal High Court premises in Abuja, Nigeria, on April 22, 2026. © 2026 Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP via Getty Images On May 5, a Nigerian high court ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent local human rights organization, to pay 100 million naira (about US$72,000) in damages to two Department of State Services officials. The court also directed the organization to publish public apologies and pay litigation costs.The Department of State Services officials filed the civil case against SERAP following the latter’s…
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By Anastasia Pestova
Russian stories of civic resistance show that environmental justice often begins with a simple question: who has the right to decide the fate of the places people call home?
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By Stephen Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds
Beyond the high drama surrounding the Makerfield by-election and the contest to be the UK prime minister lies a more fundamental battle. It is the struggle between the incremental pragmatism of mainstream politics and the magical thinking of populism.
The great catchword of recent UK politics has been “change”. Brexit, it was said, would change the country’s declining position in the world. Boris Johnson said after his landslide…
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By Emilia Vann Yaroson, Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Sheffield
Jonathan Silcock, Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Bradford
Liz Breen, Professor of Health Service Operations, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of Bradford
The UK continues to experience shortages of many common prescription drugs, despite efforts to strengthen supply chains.
Drugs for ADHD, epilepsy, GLP-1s for type 2 diabetes and weight…
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By Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University
Studies of Chinese Homo erectus suggest that it was no evolutionary dead end, but contributed genes to modern people in the region.
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By Lucy Bennett, Lecturer in Popular Music, Digital Culture and Fandom, Cardiff University
Scrolling through social media, it feels as though “indie sleaze” never went away. Grainy flash photography, smudged eyeliner and a soundtrack of early 2000s indie music are once again dominating feeds.
This revival is more of a reworking than a straightforward comeback. Today’s indie sleaze – exemplified in the music video for Charli XCX’s new track, Rock Music – is an algorithmically curated version of a once messy, participatory…
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By Christina Philippou, Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
Chelsea FC losing the 2026 FA Cup final 1-0 to Manchester City will have been disappointing for the club’s fans. But perhaps the result was not hugely surprising, as the London club hasn’t had a brilliant season on the pitch.
Off the pitch, you could argue it’s been even worse.
Moments of anguish have included the expensive sacking in April 2026 of manager Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in the job. He was the side’s fifth…
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By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
European leaders are learning they cannot rely on Washington, and that the US will act against their interests and at their economic expense.
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By Rassim Khelifa, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Global Change Biology, Concordia University
Research among adult visitors to the Montréal Insectarium reveals that many people will consider eating insects, especially when they are ground up as flour.
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By Suvrat Dhanorkar, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Many companies today overpromise what they can do with AI. They should learn from efforts to combat greenwashing and tighten standards.
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