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A new update to an influential economic theory called “Doughnut Economics” shows a global economy on a collision course with nature.This post was originally published on this site

Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging from electronics and telecommunications to renewable energy, defense, and […]

As the Israel-Hamas war erupted in late 2023, a Northeastern University researcher found pro-Palestinian posts on TikTok vastly outnumbered pro-Israeli posts.This post was originally published on this site

Governments which employ private military companies, such as Wagner and Africa Corps, can be held liable for any human rights violations committed by these firms, research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted.This post was […]

The global increase in migration—with approximately 3.6% of the global population living as expatriates—has resulted in many countries extending external voting rights to their overseas citizens. This has prompted scholarly interest in understanding the electoral […]

Withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), once a fringe idea, has become a defining issue for political parties. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who previously opposed leaving, has now said the […]

In 2024, approximately 3.1 million Californians 12 and older directly experienced a hate act in the previous year, according to the newest California Health Interview Survey data, which was a half million more than the […]

In Canadian society, the narrative of multiculturalism can lean toward a “color-blind” ideology—a comforting idea that race doesn’t matter and everyone is treated the same—even though such narratives mask persistent inequalities. They may also undermine […]

Put on your tinfoil hats: New research finds that belief in conspiracy theories might be more common in the U.S. than you might think.This post was originally published on this site

Is the news media broken? According to a survey released last October by Gallup, Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media—with less than one-third expressing trust in the media to report the […]