Politics

Nearly two‐thirds of adults in the U.S. have experienced some form of in‐person exposure to gun violence, according to a national study by Rutgers researchers tracking racial disparities in direct and media‐based experiences.This article is […]

The Trump administration claims to be rooting out “gender ideology extremism” and “restoring biological truth” in the United States.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

By autumn 2026, all frontline officers of the UK’s second largest police force will be expected to wear a camera while on duty, at a cost of over £13 million.This article is brought to you […]

“The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must.”This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organization, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence.This article […]

One hundred days into the new federal administration, a new poll reports that major segments of the U.S. public anticipate they will lose trust in public health recommendations with the changes in health agency leadership.This […]

Women in prison are four times as likely to report having been raped in their lifetime than those who are not incarcerated and 10 times as likely to report having been raped as a child, […]

A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and […]

In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.”This article is […]

India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed […]