Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Walter S. DeKeseredy, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University Rural areas have higher rates of violence against women than suburban and urban places. pocketlight/E+ via Getty Images I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Sarah Pessin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver Americans are increasingly polarized in their political views. John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images More than 70% of voters in Colorado’s Douglas County, conservative and progressive alike, voted “no” on home rule in June 2025. The ballot…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Megan Donelson, Lecturer in Health Rhetorics, University of Dayton Blaming poor health outcomes on lifestyle choices can obscure public health issues. Anadolu via Getty Images The Make America Healthy Again movement has generated a lot of discussion about public health. But the language MAHA proponents…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Patrick Tutka, Clinical Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University Brooke M. Henderson hits a bunker shot during a tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich., on June 12, 2025. Michael Miller/ISI Photos via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Pintu Kumar Mahla, Research Associate at the Water Resources Research Institute, University of Arizona Rescuers search for survivors on Aug. 18, 2025, after a flash flood submerged homes, killing at least 18 people in a village near Swabi, Pakistan. Hussain Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images Farmers…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Mark Satta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University In writing he did before his most famous novels, Orwell focused primarily on other themes including work, poverty, anti-imperialism and democratic socialism. zoom-zoom, iStock/Getty Images Plus George Orwell’s dystopian novels “Animal Farm” and “1984” have…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton A priest blesses a person giving confession in Aguililla, Mexico, on Oct. 29, 2021. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s liberation movement, in 1966. Initially…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ramona Alaggia, Professor, Social Work, University of Toronto Noel and Liam Gallagher are seen on the jumbo screen at a recent concert in Edinburgh. (Lee-Anne Goodman) The long-awaited Oasis reunion tour is a rousing success. Since launching in Wales in July, the band has been selling…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ruolz Ariste, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University Haiti’s Patriotic Congress for National Rescue, launched by the academic community and civil society organizations, recently held a nearly month-long period of consultations across Haiti and its diaspora over the worsening crisis in the…