Is queer culture losing its radical roots?
Sky Gilbert, University of Guelph Has Pride been coopted? This year’s Pride parade spectators have been asked to wear black in honour of the victims of serial killers. A drag …
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Poverty reduction may stall – report
By Anita Makri Extreme poverty is getting more and more concentrated in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, says the Gates Foundation in a report whose findings are backed up by estimates …
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Another Court Ruling Against a West Virginia Pipeline, Then Another Effort to Change the Rules
by Ken Ward Jr. and Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail Oct. 4, 5 a.m. EDT A federal appeals court has revoked a key approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Now, state regulators are working …
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Ten photos that changed how we see human rights
Jane Lydon, University of Western Australia This 1904 photograph showing the massacre of villagers by Dutch KNIL forces in the Indonesian village of Koetö Réh was used by the Dutch …
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Rich Asia Pacific nations rank poorly on development policies
By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The richer Asia-Pacific countries and the US do poorly on the 2018 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks 27 wealthy countries according to how well …
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Orlando Paramedics Didn’t Go In to Save Victims of the Pulse Shooting. Here’s Why.
by Abe Aboraya, WMFE Sept. 26, 5 a.m. EDT The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. It had even purchased vests filled with …
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Delhi has been hit by a chikungunya epidemic – what is this disease?
Claire Donald, University of Glasgow Newborn aedes albopictus mosquito. Smith1972/Shutterstock.com Chikungunya is not a name that rolls easily off the tongue. It is a Swahili word meaning “that which bends …
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AI impact on human rights to come under scrutiny
By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The Australian human rights commission has embarked on a project looking at the social risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) — a technology whose implications …
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Potential Insurance Bill From Hurricane Florence Could Take Toll on Wallets Far From North Carolina’s Coast
Insurance companies retreated from some communities amid stronger storms, leaving a “last-resort” plan to fill the growing gap. by Abrahm Lustgarten and Talia Buford Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. EDT For years, North Carolina …
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India’s crackdown on cash corruption is really all about politics
Diego Maiorano, University of Nottingham When India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced that 86% of his country’s currency would be “just worthless pieces of paper” in a matter of hours, …
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