Jan 26, 2021 | Featured, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the development of vaccines offer hope for global health action. But the task of distributing the vaccine has multiple human rights concerns, including issues of vaccine nationalism and equitable distribution to...
Jan 25, 2021 | Featured, Politics & Society
One of the first actions Joe Biden took on the first day of his presidency was to return the United States to the Paris Climate Accords. This follows Donald Trump taking the US out of the agreement while in office. What does this move mean for the agreement itself?...
Jan 25, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Logan Carmichael As all eyes were glued to the storming of the American Capitol and the second impeachment of Donald Trump, the small Baltic nation of Estonia was experiencing its own reckoning with the far-right. Though the events may seem unrelated, there are...
Jan 21, 2021 | Business & Economics, Featured, Science & Technology
By Laurie Macfarlane Last year will be remembered for many things, and letโs be honest: most of them will be bad. But amidst the hardship and suffering, there is a positive story to be told. 2020 was perhaps the first time in living memory when governments around the...
Jan 20, 2021 | Business & Economics
The United States takes great pride in its history as a technology leader globally. However, in the race for the autonomous car, China appears to be winning. What is the current status of this race? What value do autonomous vehicles have? Why is China beating the US...
Jan 19, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Jared Mondschein History took place in the United States today. Two Democrats were announced the winnersย of the run-off elections for Georgiaโs two Senate seats, allowing the Democrats to take back control of the chamber from the Republicans. Jon Ossoff and Raphael...
Jan 18, 2021 | Politics & Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges in prisons and for prisoner rights all over the world, Prison crowding and sub-standard living conditions have created ideal breeding grounds for the virus. How has the pandemic threatened the human rights of the...
Jan 18, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Edward Yiu Median housing prices across New Zealand increased by 19.8% year-on-year (YOY) in October 2020. It is one of the largest price surges in the world as shown in Figure 1. However, the sudden common rebound of house prices in most of the developed economies...
Jan 14, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Spyros A. Sofos Back in July 2018, when the idea that led to the birth of the #rethinkingPopulism project was being fleshed out, we argued that, at a time when the ways we think about and practice politics were undergoing a profound transformation, and with...
Jan 14, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Lucy van Dorp A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the UK. The government has placed some regions including London under new,ย stricter coronavirus restrictions,...