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Right-wing ideologues funded by fossil fuels, fame-seeking narcissists and doubt mongers monetizing their content are pushing climate disinformation...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it is a stark reminder of George Floyd’s murder by a...
Once again, Americans are left reeling from the horror of video footage showing police brutalizing an unarmed Black man who later died. Some details...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the dominant Western media narrative has been clear – Russia is the “global villain,” and Ukraine...
Salman Rushdie, the celebrated Anglo-Indian writer, once declared that the “most precious book” he possessed was his passport. Rushdie had already...
In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden in the margins, spewed by fringe hate groups. From Ye – formerly...
Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and the European Union, two of the most important global leaders when it comes to climate policy, could...
Democrats responded with aggrieved fury when former President Donald Trump was found in possession of classified documents that should have been...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Jan 19 that she will soon resign from office. “I know what this job takes. And I know that I...
Now that House Republicans have created a “Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government,” let’s revisit a classic of that...
Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin. So news that...
Prosecutors could face long odds convincing a jury that Alec Baldwin is criminally liable for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...
From vaccine uptake to violent extremism, conspiracy beliefs are linked to distrust in major institutions or powerful figures. Research...
Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred...
In the aftermath of a shocking incident in which a first grader shot and seriously injured a teacher at a school in Newport News, Virginia, the...
The Japanese government has announced a fresh round of incentives for people to move out of the Tokyo region. From April 2023, families seeking a...
When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting last year, sessions on...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns:...
Interventions designed to keep people safe can have hidden side effects. With an increased perception of safety, some people are more likely to take...
Hillary Clinton’s presidential dreams were undermined by her use of a private email server that included classified information. Donald Trump has...
The “gig” economy has captured the attention of technology futurists, journalists, academics and policymakers. “Future of work” discussions...
Enraged protesters broke into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country’s democracy. Driven by conspiracy theories about their...
Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among...
Iran's Islamic clerical regime is divided in its response to months of unprecedented protests, wavering between repression and what it views as...
Where is the global economy heading in 2023? After all the challenges of last year, it’s a question we ask with trepidation. Just as the economy was...
For most Americans, Jan 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers watched thousands of Trump...
Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the...
China is experiencing a huge COVID-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg spoke recently of his fear that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control into a full-blown...
Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Dec 31, leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the...
Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927, characters in the film "Metropolis" made video calls to each other. "Star Trek"...
After China scrapped three years of zero-COVID curbs in 30 days, setting off a massive wave of infections, Beijing's policymakers face an immense...
From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the overturning of abortion laws in the United States, here is a roundup of the biggest events to mark 2022. ...
From the United States to Brazil and Israel, a barrage of election-related misinformation hammered voters around the world in 2022, but many pushed...
Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from...
Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the open. This is most pointedly apparent in the...
China's narrow criteria for identifying deaths caused by COVID-19 will underestimate the true toll of the pandemic's current wave there and could make...
After 18 months, more than 1,200 interviews and 10 public hearings that presented 70 witnesses’ testimony, the House Select Committee to Investigate...
A new conservation deal adopted last week at the U.N. summit in Montreal puts the world on a strong track to halt the rapid decline in nature - but...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
If you feel you have more to complain about these days, you may be right. The products we use are increasingly complex, which often means they have...
For nearly two years the United States has tried and failed to negotiate a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal yet Washington and its European...
The criminal referral of Donald Trump to the Department of Justice by a House committee investigating the Jan 6 attack is largely symbolic – the...
From the lush Amazon rainforest to the frigid Arctic Ocean, the world's landscapes — and all the wildlife they contain — are under threat, and the...
Is a U.S. state considering a tax on breathing? Was celebrating goals forbidden during the Qatar World Cup because it is "too gay?" Did insect...
You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food – unfinished second helpings,...
In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter “r.” Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans...