By Donald Nieman, Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Binghamton University, State University of New York
In 1974, the Supreme Court accepted, heard and decided a case within two months because the justices understood its importance to the public.
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By Rania Labaki, Directrice de l’EDHEC Family Business Centre, EDHEC Business School
Maryem Cherni, Enseignant-chercheur en Stratégie et Innovation, UniLaSalle
The handing down of family farms is not only essential to ensure the long-term future of Europe’s agricultural sector, but also to steer it toward more sustainable practices.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Participants at the Tokyo Trans March in Shibuya district of Tokyo, March 31, 2023. © 2023 Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images Members of Japan’s Diet are revising the law, declared unconstitutional, that allows transgender people to change their legal gender. Last October, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled the country’s sterilization surgery requirement for transgender people is unconstitutional, and now lawmakers are debating how to amend the legal gender recognition law. Debates have featured some troubling proposals, such as a lengthy waiting period and compulsory hormone…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Journalists protest against authorities’ growing restrictions on media, outside the Press Club of India, New Delhi, India, February 18, 2021. © 2021 Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) Australian journalist Avani Dias left India on April 19 after the government did not extend her journalist visa until moments before it was due to expire – the latest example of foreign writers, journalists, academics, and activists being denied access to India for seemingly political reasons. Dias, who works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and had been…
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By Steve Pickering, Docent, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Martin Ejnar Hansen, Reader in Political Science, Brunel University London
There are many factors which affect how successfully a vaccine is rolled out. One of these is the public health communication strategy. Surprisingly, a key factor in determining the success of these strategies is religion. While some religious groups were keen to be vaccinated against COVID-19, others were much more hesitant.
During the height of the pandemic, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 quickly became the social norm. Having experienced pandemic life, most people were keen to get a full series of vaccinations as soon as they were made available.
Yet our
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By Tony Ingesson, Assistant professor in Political Science, Lund University
The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout history.
Several Nato member countries including Latvia have reintroduced conscription, and others such as Sweden and Estonia have recently extended it to reach more people, as the threat of a possible…
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By Simon Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast
Kourtney Kardashian Barker says she “pounds breast milk” to stop herself feeling sick – but are there really any proven health benefits for adult consumption of human milk?
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By Mikhail Batuev, Lecturer in Sport Management, Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
In an effort to bring the Olympics to a wider and younger audience, breaking is the latest “sport” to make its debut at Paris 2024. But how will it work as a scored sport?
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By Helen Carr, Lecturer in Secondary History Education, University of Birmingham
A Muslim student at Michaela School in London has lost her High Court challenge against the school’s ban on prayer rituals. The school argued that the ban was put in place to avoid prayers “undermining inclusion”.
The school’s headteacher, Katharine Birbalsingh, described the ruling as “a victory for all schools”. She argued that:
Schools that are secular and multicultural must be allowed…
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By Heinz Brandenburg, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Strathclyde
First past the post tends to deliver the winning party more seats in parliament than they’d get under a truly proportional voting system – but this year is off the charts.
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