By: Dennis Jett, Penn State – (The Conversation) Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state in May 2024, bringing the total number of countries that...
By: Stephen J. Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington – (The Conversation) Public opinion polls suggest that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is doing slightly better than...
By: Ajay Parasram, Dalhousie University – (The Conversation) Western media has been abuzz with speculation that voters want to punish incumbent governments. But as recent elections...
By: Frédéric Dimanche, Toronto Metropolitan University and Irene Huertas-Valdivia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (The Coversation) It’s summer and that means high season and busy times for the...
With an impressive 60% of the US smartphone market, Apple is undeniably big, but not a clear monopoly. Yet, years of innovation by Apple have effectively...
It was everywhere on the news and social media. In September 2023, 10,000 migrants arrived on the island of Lampedusa, more than doubling the island’s population of...
A new amendment to the United States’ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) came into effect in January 2024. The amended law now has...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan recently drew the ire of religious parties and anti-blasphemy groups for granting bail to a man accused of blasphemy. The court...
Who has the legal right to challenge decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? And should the moral umbrage of a group of anti-abortion rights...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey informed the press that the Turkish parliament, overseeing Stockholm’s actions, will be responsible for determining Sweden’s NATO membership status. A...