Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst Pollsters found that 47% of 2024 Trump voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy. These supporters are at a rally in Doral, Fla., on July 9, 2024. Giorgio…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University Congressional redistricting – the process of drawing electoral districts to account for population changes – was conceived by the Founding Fathers as a once-per-decade redrawing of district lines following the decennial U.S. census. Today it has devolved…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andrew J. Karesa, Adjunct Professor, Indigenous Business, The King’s University Canada Chief Poundmaker photographed outside the North-West Mounted Police barracks, Regina, 1885. (O.B. Buell, Library and Archives Canada, C-001875 /Flickr), CC BY In the 21st century, leadership is typically framed in the position of power, strategy…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University Residents try to put out flames as a wildfire threatens homes in Quito, Ecuador, in September 2024. AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa Worldwide, an…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sara Dorow, Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta For years, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been sounding the alarm: climate change is having significant effects on the conditions, characteristics and availability of work. As wildfires and other extreme weather events are destroying forests and threatening…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Richard Flory, Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, participates in the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House on May 3, 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Sulette Ferreira, Transnational Family Specialist and Researcher, University of Johannesburg Becoming a grandparent is often envisioned as a deeply intimate, hands-on journey, holding a newborn, sharing first smiles, witnessing the first wobbly steps. It is traditionally grounded in physical presence, marked by spontaneous visits. For many…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Peter J. Brown, Honorary Fellow in Archaeology, Durham University Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved Africans working in various sectors of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Solomon Waliaula, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Culture, Maasai Mara University Nollywood, Nigeria’s prolific video-film industry, has been popular in Kenya since it was introduced to east Africa at around the turn of the century. These low-budget, high-output films and TV series immediately struck…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Phoebe Runciman, Associate Professor and Research Chair at the Division of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Stellenbosch University Wheelchair basketball is one of the fastest-growing Para sports in the world. Over 100,000 athletes compete in national and international competitions and at the Paralympic Games and Commonwealth Games.…