Howard Manly, The Conversation In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly. In fewer than 30 days after Nichols’ Jan. 10, 2023 death, the former…
Howard Manly, The Conversation In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly. In fewer than…
Susan de Groot Heupner, Griffith University US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the…
Steven P. Millies, Catholic Theological Union Once again, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to welcome and accept LGBTQ people. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” the pope said in an interview with…
Xiujian Peng, Victoria University China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected – that 2022 was the year China’s population turned down, the first time…
Felia Allum, University of Bath Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the leaders of the Sicilian mafia, the Cosa Nostra, has finally been detained after 30 years on the run. His arrest came…
Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin. So news that the…
Kristin M Bakke, UCL; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech; John O’Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder, and Kit Rickard, UCL When Vladimir Putin sent his war machine into Ukraine last February, one of the…
Adi Imsirovic, University of Surrey This is the second instalment in our series on where the global economy is heading in 2023, which started with this article on global inflation. As 2022…
Steve Schifferes, City, University of London Where is the global economy heading in 2023? After all the challenges of last year, it’s a question we ask with trepidation. Just as the economy…
Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set of institutions, ideas and practices that allow citizens a continuous, decisive voice in…