Category: MIL OSI
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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Laura Beers, Professor of History, American University Erasing history is a deeply Orwellian thing to do. Elen11, iStock/Getty Images Plus When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society that is suppressing freedom, particularly…
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In a closely divided Congress, aging lawmakers are a problem for Democrats
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University Rep. Jerry Nadler, the 18-term Democratic incumbent running for reelection in New York, began his political career more than 20 years before Liam Elkind, his primary opponent, was born. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images The…
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Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jake Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis President Donald Trump waves goodbye to reporters following a meeting with the Teamsters in 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing.…
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Period pain and heavy bleeding linked with lower school attendance and GCSE results – new study
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Sawyer, PhD Candidate, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol michaeljung/Shutterstock Menstrual cycles are experienced by roughly half of the population for half of their lives. The experiences of menstruation on teenagers are incredibly important, especially as young people are starting periods earlier. Our research shows…
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Who was Jane Austen’s best heroine? These experts think they know
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julie Taddeo, Research Professor, History Affiliate Faculty, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland To mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, we’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass. Seven leading Austen experts have…
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Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex northlight / shutterstock When Donald Trump recently claimed, during what was supposed to be a press conference about an EU trade deal, that wind turbines were a “con job” that “drive whales loco”,…
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Four key health risks for racehorses – and how they can be minimised
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Proudman, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Surrey slowmotiongli/Shutterstock Chasemore Farm stretches across 340 acres of leafy Surrey countryside just outside London. On a warm midsummer day, small groups of foals and their mothers graze peacefully in the sunshine, flicking their tails lazily at…
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Environmental antibiotic resistance unevenly addressed despite growing global risk, study finds
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gianni Lo Iacono, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey RR photographer/Shutterstock In his 1941 novel The Library of Babel, Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books – every possible 410-page…
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Stranded by the Air Canada strike? 3 strategies to keep your cool, work with staff and return home safely
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jean-Nicolas Reyt, Management Professor, McGill University The emails from Air Canada came without warning: flights cancelled at the last minute, no way to get home and no one at Air Canada answering the phones despite repeated calls. Days went by without a solution. The disruption stems…
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As back-to-school season approaches, Canadian employers are making a mistake by mandating workers back to the office
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Andrea DeKeseredy, PhD student, Sociology, University of Alberta Canadian employers have been mandating workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies. On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have broader repercussions for the public as children head back to school and respiratory illness season…