By Sona Dimidjian, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder
Anahi Collado, Assistant Research Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
For generations, women have relied on informal networks of friends, family and neighbors to navigate the complexities of birth and motherhood. Today, research is finally catching up to what generations of women have known: Peer support can be a lifeline.
Despite growing evidence, the unique wisdom and strength that arise when mothers help mothers has been surprisingly under‑explored in the scientific literature, but that’s beginning to change. Peer-delivered programs are beginning to bring together long-standing…
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By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
A fragile ceasefire was put in place in southern Syria on July 19, 2025, after days of violence between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes that drew in government forces and prompted Israeli strikes on the capital,…
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By Kevin Morris, Research Professor of Social Work, University of Denver
Jaci Gandenberger, Research Associate of Social Work, University of Denver
In a 2022 survey of 3,000 U.S. adults, more than one-third of respondents reported that on most days, they feel “completely overwhelmed” by stress. At the same time, a growing body of research is documenting the negative health consequences of higher stress levels, which include increased rates of cancer, heart disease, autoimmune conditions and…
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By Mariapaola McGurk, Lecturer in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Johannesburg is weathering a storm of crises. Nowhere is its complex tangle of challenges more visible than in the inner city, where crime, overcrowding, and infrastructure collapse – such as roads literally exploding – paint a grim picture. Cultural institutions haven’t been…
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By Hayes Mabweazara, Senior Lecturer in Sociological & Cultural Studies (Media, Culture & Society), University of Glasgow
Bethia Pearson, Research Associate, ERC Global Remunicipalisation, University of Glasgow
A new book explores how media outlets are controlled by powerful forces, from governments to corporations, in Africa and Latin America.
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By Marian Selorm Sapah, Senior lecturer, University of Ghana
Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth’s surface.
It is a basic geological process that has shaped the planets from their formation to today. It creates landscapes and surface materials across our solar system. The moon is covered with them, as are planets…
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By Hanri Mostert, SARChI Chair for Mineral Law in Africa, University of Cape Town
Tracy-Lynn Field, Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Law, University of the Witwatersrand
A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security.
The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end three decades of conflict between…
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By Evelyn Namakula Mayanja, Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University
Is the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC a genuine path to sustainable peace, or a continuation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s coercive diplomacy?
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By Amnesty International
By Nkanyiso Mtolo Lesedi Molapisi, a young Motswana woman, faces possible execution in Bangladesh after she was convicted for drug trafficking. Her case has prompted Botswana’s government to act, with diplomatic representatives reportedly appealing for her life and calling for her rights to be protected. Yet this intervention is in stark contrast to its domestic reality, where […] The post Botswana can escape the hangman appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Bedul women making bread in one of the caves in Stooh al-Nabi Harun Mountain, Jordan. © 2025 Private (Beirut) – The Jordanian government is forcibly evicting the Bedul, a group of Bedouins from Petra, in clear violation of their economic, social, and cultural rights, including their right to housing, Human Rights Watch said today. Jordanian authorities should immediately reverse measures that have made residents’ homes unlivable and should conduct meaningful consultations with the Bedul to secure the community’s consent to any future relocations. To…
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