Apr 18, 2024 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society, Referee
Words by Helen Flannery and Chuck Collins Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash DAFs channel huge amounts of cash to ‘culture war’ groups – anonymously. Why do people get tax breaks for using them? US law lets wealthy people get substantial tax deductions if they donate...
Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
How does deep listening to nature promote biodiversity and a deeper relationship with the natural world? The Scholar’ Circle discuss the book THE SOUNDS OF LIFE: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the World of Animals and Plants. [ dur: 34mins. ]...
May 18, 2023 | Business & Economics, Featured
Photo by Andres Garcia on Unsplash Article by John W. Diamond, Rice University Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising house-on-fire alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the biggest banks and financial regulators are preparing for a potential...
Feb 9, 2022 | Politics & Society
For several years, democracy has faced challenges in the United States. The 2020 election and the transition process following the election, which led to one of the major political parties rejecting the outcomes of the election and attempting an overthrow of it, has...
Jan 13, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Craig Silverman, Craig Timberg, Jeff Kao & Jeremy B. Merrill A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading...
Dec 22, 2021 | Politics & Society
Following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett during the 2020 presidential election, the US Supreme Court majority held a conservative worldview that was not reflective of the popular votes for US president and continued the journey of the court in deciding cases...
Sep 21, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Jennifer Frost In an extract from her new book “Let Us Vote: Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment,” Jennifer Frost outlines the path towards youth voting rights in the United States. In 1969, pop musicians Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart released...
Sep 20, 2021 | Politics & Society
Recently, Texas passed a law outlawing abortion after roughly six weeks. The US Supreme Court did not overturn this law, culminating in a series of phases intending to overturn a women’s reproductive right to access an abortion as enshrined in the landmark US...
Sep 14, 2021 | Politics & Society
California is about to vote on whether to recall their governor and replace him with one of forty-six candidates. This process has uncovered a serious challenge for the governability of the state, and California now faces a governability crisis. Is the recall process...
Aug 2, 2021 | Politics & Society
The U.S. Senate is a unique legislative body in that it often requires a supermajority of sixty votes in favour of a legislation for a bill to pass. This is due to an historic institution called the filibuster. But the filibuster is not exactly like we think. Instead,...