By Chunjiang An, Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
As more ships and tankers sail through the Arctic, the chances of oil spills increase. Canada should take action to prepare for a spill before it occurs.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image FIFA President Gianni Infantino and US President Donald Trump on stage during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official draw on December 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. © 2025 Photo by Tasos Katopodis - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images (Berlin) – The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is unfolding against a backdrop of abusive immigration enforcement in the United States, new threats to media freedom, discrimination, and unmet human rights commitments by FIFA and host cities, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a “Reporters’ Guide” for journalists covering the tournament. The tournament…
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By Nishant Shah
We have to insist that AI is still unsettled, still open to being shaped otherwise, and that the language and vocabulary it comes with, is not something we just accept.
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By Amnesty International
Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – touch nearly every part of our daily lives, but not without consequences. Their production and use are driving a global climate crisis. The failure of our governments to act, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, may well be the biggest intergenerational human rights violation in history. […] The post The age of fossil fuels must end. Here is how a Fossil Fuel Treaty can help. appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come close to matching the scale of the problem.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A Coalition government would boost Australia’s minimum fuel reserve to 60 days, and deliver at least one billion litres of new storage with a $800 million Fuel Security Facility.
The opposition, making the announcement on Monday, said the new storage capacity would have “a focus on diesel”.
Diesel, especially vital in regional areas and for the trucking industry and farmers, has been under particular pressure during the present fuel crisis.
The opposition meanwhile called on the government to increase baseline stockholding fuel levels from January 1 next…
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By Ahmed Elgammal, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
OpenAI officially discontinued its video generation tool, Sora, on April 26, 2026.
I’m a computer scientist who’s been developing AI tools and studying their evolution and adoption for the past decade, and I wasn’t surprised by OpenAI’s decision to shut down Sora.
To me, the challenges Sora faced reflect deeper limitations of AI’s…
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By Sara Konrath, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
Femida Handy, Professor of Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Since voters live longer, casting a ballot may be seen as another healthy habit, like going for a run or eating lots of vegetables.
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By David Mislin, Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
While religious minorities have often faced hostility, many Americans have long believed in religious liberty and a more inclusive society, writes a historian of American religion.
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By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
American courts have legislated the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether it’s constitutional depends on the aims of teachers’ lessons.
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