Massacres, disappearances and 1968: Mexicans remember the victims of a 'perfect dictatorship'
Oct 09, 2018 13:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Ten days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, uniformed soldiers and rooftop snipers opened fire on student protesters in a plaza in the capital citys Tlatelolco neighborhood. Hundreds...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for campaigns against sexual violence
Oct 09, 2018 13:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in trying to end sexual violence during war and armed conflict. There are many tragedies in war and among the worst are victims of...
How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world
Oct 09, 2018 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Alaska has a linguistic emergency, according to the Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker. A report warned earlier this year that all of the states 20 Native American languages might cease to exist by the end of this century, if the...
Why the Kavanaugh hearings were a show trial gone bad
Oct 09, 2018 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The controversial and bitterly fought confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaughs nomination to the Supreme Court has solidified a 5-4 conservative split on the highest court in the United States that is likely to persist for...
Debate: When abortion is ‘haram’, women find strategies to claim their rights
Oct 09, 2018 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many women took to the streets worldwide on September 28, the global day of action for safe abortion successes and put forth new demands for womens right to access safe, free and legal abortion. Right to access safe...
Developing trust after disasters -- and every day
Oct 09, 2018 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires have tested our resolve as individuals, communities and societies. Along with social crises such as political- and war-induced migration, these events provide stark illustrations of our...
Labor's pay policy merely hints at helping low paid workers rather than actually doing it
Oct 09, 2018 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
There is little dispute the pay packages for leading chief executives have reached gross and excessive proportions while the wages of poorly paid Australians have stagnated. Pay ratios - a measure of disparity between...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects