Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University Government approval of COVID-19 vaccines determines their availability to populations vulnerable to infection, such as children. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton President Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Darby M. Babin, PhD Candidate, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Were you expecting Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser to peel back the curtain and provide hard-hitting truths on what really happened on the show that captivated millions in its heyday? Well, uh, fat…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Donald Weaver, Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto Up to one-third of Alzheimer’s disease cases could be prevented simply by avoiding certain risk factors. (Piqsels) Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is on track to become one of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chris Arsenault, Chair of the Master of Media in Journalism and Communication Program (MMJC) and assistant professor of journalism, Western University Construction workers gather at facility in Kingston, Ont., which will be used as a start-up laboratory to test new processes related to critical minerals and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By David E Kiwuwa, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham Cameroonians go to the polls in October 2025 in what some people hoped might be a break from the country’s troubled recent past. They thought that President Paul Biya (92) might stand aside to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jeffrey H. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines – toasted grasshoppers – stand out as a beloved seasonal treat that follows the start of the rainy season, a period…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael Oxman, Professor of the Practice of Sustainable Business, Georgia Institute of Technology A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. AP Photo/Matthew Brown Some major oil companies such as Shell and BP that once were…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Zachary W. Schulz, Senior Lecturer of History, Auburn University Deaths from so-called preventable causes often follow familiar policy lines. Tonpor Kasa/iStock via Getty Images Plus Each year in the U.S., tens of thousands of deaths are categorized as “preventable” — meaning, in theory, they did…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Tazeen M. Ali, Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis Hulu’s comedy-drama series ‘Ramy,’ created by actor-comedian Ramy Youssef, follows a young Egyptian-American Muslim navigating life’s challenges. Youssef, center, appears at a press conference in 2019. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images For…