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Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Debra M Haak, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Ontario Canada recently introduced the Combatting Hate Act, legislation that will create three new criminal offences intended to strengthen protections against hate. The first new offence targets hate crimes directly for the first time in Canada.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jeremie Molho, Senior Research Associate, Canada Excellence Chair in Migration and Integration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University Settling in a new country is often imagined as a sequential process, built on a supposed hierarchy of needs. You accomplish one priority, then another, and another and then you’re…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Brooks Marmon, Post-doctoral Scholar, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria All that’s left of a famous settlement called the Old Location in Windhoek, Namibia, is a graveyard and a monument to remember the residents who were killed while protesting their forced removal in 1959. But…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Timothy R. Holbrook, Professor of Law, University of Denver The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for yet another case involving the LGBTQ+ community. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The constitutionality of a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” is scheduled to go…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee The U.S. Supreme Court building at dawn in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images The most influential cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, which begins on Oct. 6, 2025, reflect the cultural and partisan…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ann Kellams, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Many new parents start out breastfeeding but switch to formula within a few days. JGI/Jamie Grill via Tetra Images As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to…