Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead, Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration program, Toronto Metropolitan University The MaRS urban innovation hub building in Toronto. Canada may benefit from the American H-1B visa fee increase by attracting highly skilled tech workers and others…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Graham G. Dodds, Professor of Political Science, Concordia University In a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in a pro-presidential direction. Geoff Livingston/Getty Images President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Donald Nieman, Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Binghamton University, State University of New York Supporters of free speech gather in September 2025 to protest the suspension of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’, across the street from the theater where the show is produced in Hollywood. Mario Tama/Getty…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Aaron Mansfield, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Merrimack College A Buffalo Bills fan who prefers ketchup over mustard on his hot dog. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Cynthia Lindquist, Director of Tribal Initiatives & Collaborations, University of North Dakota Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M., is the largest tribal university in the country. Blake Gumprecht/Flickr, CC BY Most Native American high school students do not attend or graduate from college. As a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Xerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine during the Texas measles outbreak in March 2025. Jan Sonnenmair via Getty Images More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Rohan Shah, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies Welcome back: The number of young adults living with their parents has risen by 1.5 million over the past decade. Maskot/DigitalVision via GettyImages A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Richard J. Callahan, Jr., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University Harlan County is the heart of eastern Kentucky’s coal region. Scott Olson/Getty Images In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Ugljesa Radulovic, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s long history of wrongdoing spans from Willem Adriaan van der Stel’s days of running a corrupt trading monopoly to present-day South Africa. Van der Stel was the second Governor of the Cape Dutch Colony,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Wendy Netter Epstein, Professor of Law, DePaul University Lawmakers limited Affordable Care Act subsidies to a few years, setting the stage for a fight over them in 2025. Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing…