By Chloé Maurel, SIRICE (Université Paris 1/Paris IV), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
85 year-old Navi Pillay served as a leading national (during apartheid in South Africa) and international jurist. By appointing her, the Nobel Committee is making a stand which has drawn praise and condemnation.
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By Matthew Taylor, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Université de Montréal
David Eby has gambled his government in a bid to capitalize on the right’s infighting. Instead, he may have united his opponents behind the Conservatives.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Photo montage of the Tokyo Olympic Stadium and youth in Japan training and playing popular sports. © 2019 imagenavi/Aflo; 2005 Doable/a.collectionRF/amanaimages; 2020 Human Rights Watch; 2015 Satoru Kobayashi/a.collectionRF/amanaimages; 2016 RYO/amanaimages; Trevor Williams/Getty Images; 2020 Human Rights Watch; 2016 Matsuo/Aflo; AdobeStock Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.There has been much to celebrate in recent…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Anojan Sivarasa. © Private (Beirut) – A Saudi court has sentenced a Sri Lankan migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that was deemed blasphemous, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities should reverse the judgment and release him immediately.The Saudi Court of Appeal in the Eastern Region handed down the death sentence to Anojan Sivarasa, 24, on September 17, 2026, after two court sessions. An initial ruling had sentenced him to five years in prison.“Sentencing a migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that he has publicly apologized for…
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By Andrew Yockey, Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brightly colored packaging, promises of better sexual performance and names like “Rhino,” “Anaconda” and “Magnum” make sexual enhancement products difficult to miss. They can be found online, in convenience stores and at gas stations, and some can even…
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By Emma Fenske, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Addiction Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz; Oregon Health & Science University
“Do you smoke cigarettes?” I asked my patient succinctly in a recent clinic appointment.
He matter-of-factly responded, “Not anymore, I use Zyn pouches now.”
As with any patient, I gauged his readiness – or reluctance, in some instances – to disrupt his use of nicotine.
I asked about his interest in trying nicotine replacement therapy, a medical treatment that provides low, controlled amounts of nicotine. Initially,…
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By Seth Ashley, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University
The Paramount merger may make good business sense, but research shows putting more media power in fewer hands can come at a cost to the common good of citizens.
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By Timothy Welbeck, Director of the Center for Anti-Racism, Temple University
Octavius Valentine Catto died as he lived, advocating for a more equitable society. Accordingly, the city of Philadelphia has decided to honor his legacy – again.
Philadelphia previously honored Catto with a commemorative statue outside…
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By Neha Gour, Ph.D. Candidate in Science Communication, George Mason University
John Kotcher, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Teresa Myers, Research Associate Professor of Communications, George Mason University
Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, most Americans oppose the development of data centers in their communities.
These large buildings filled with computers that store and process digital information, increasingly to support various applications of artificial intelligence, are being built rapidly across the United States. They can bring…
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By Robert A. Ballingall, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maine
Many Americans have decried today’s politics as ‘shameless.’ The antidote, a political philosopher argues, may be more reverence – awe at just how difficult democracy is.
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