Agriculture Bill: here's what it means for farming and the environment after Brexit
Jan 20, 2020 09:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The UKs new Agriculture Bill has been called one of the most significant pieces of legislation for farmers in England for over 70 years. It could directly affect the livelihoods of 460,000 people and determine the future...
How Prohibition changed the way Americans drink, 100 years ago
Jan 18, 2020 12:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
On Jan. 17, 1920, one hundred years ago, America officially went dry. Prohibition, embodied in the U.S Constitutions 18th amendment, banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol. Yet it remained legal to...
Can the Constitution stop the government from lying to the public?
Jan 18, 2020 12:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
When regular people lie, sometimes their lies are detected, sometimes theyre not. Legally speaking, sometimes theyre protected by the First Amendment and sometimes not, like when they commit fraud or perjury. But what...
Jan 18, 2020 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The fate of 700,000 people facing deportation may hang on a new question facing the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the White House legally obligated to tell the whole truth when justifying its actions? In November, justices...
Jan 18, 2020 11:58 am UTC| Law
A recent court ruling about faraway American Samoa may have profound implications for a conflict thats been going on for nearly 200 years: who gets to be an American citizen. Debates over who gets citizenship and what...
Cheating may be underreported across Canada's universities and colleges
Jan 16, 2020 09:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Media have reported allegations of creative cheating strategies at universities across Canada, including hacking grades, bribery and breaking into offices to steal exams. Nursing students at Brandon University are...
Reynhard Sinaga case: why male victims and survivors need their own support system
Jan 14, 2020 00:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The crimes of Reynhard Sinaga described by prosecutors as the most prolific rapist in British history have shocked and horrified many people. But the case has also highlighted that rape doesnt just happen to...
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