Homicide is declining around the world – but why?
Nov 05, 2019 02:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Americans are currently living in one of the lowest crime periods ever and so are many people in the rest of the world. Following decades of increasing crime during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, U.S. homicide rates declined...
How Creative Commons works, and why it enables access to knowledge
Oct 31, 2019 06:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
A big barrier to lifelong learning can be the cost of resources. There are worldwide initiatives to change this, though, and its helpful to know how to use these resources legally. One such arrangement is Creative...
Could Congress reverse Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria?
Oct 31, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The political and humanitarian outcry condemning President Donald Trumps decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria came soon after he made the announcement. Trumps actions paved the way for Turkish troops to attack...
The impeachment resolution: Politics, the Constitution and everything in between
Oct 31, 2019 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
For something with such important consequences, the Constitution is surprisingly vague when it comes to impeachment. Most of the language in the Constitution lays out what happens once Congress decides to impeach. But...
A written constitution for the UK would not have resolved recent Brexit arguments – here's why
Oct 26, 2019 08:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recent accusations that the government has been sidestepping parliamentary scrutiny have led to renewed calls for the UK to have a written consolidated constitution. It is said the UK has an unwritten constitution,...
80% of household water goes to waste – we need to get it back
Oct 26, 2019 08:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Roberta Ryan, Professor, UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance and UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney As regional Australian towns face the prospect of running out of water, its...
Deregulation and standards after Brexit – what Naomi Klein's 'disaster capitalism' can tell us
Oct 20, 2019 10:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
One of the most frustrating features of Brexit over the past three years is the widespread belief among Brexiteers that outside of the EU, Britain will have more control over its destiny as a nation. Its certainly a...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects