Category: MIL OSI
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Why bolstering post-secondary education for former youth in care is a wise investment
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jacquie Gahagan, Full Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research, Mount Saint Vincent University Providing access to post-secondary education costs an average of $85,000 to $100,000 over four years, while incarcerating a single youth can cost $300,000 to $500,000 per year. (Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash) As we move closer to…
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The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Samuel Starko, Forrest Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia View of the Pacific Ocean from Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island, B.C., in August 2020. (Unsplash/Amanda Batchelor) More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded,…
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Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Robert J. Gordon, Emeritus Professor, University of Vermont and Research Associate, University of the Free State The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the…
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Somalia’s education crisis: why so few children attend school and what could be done to change that
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Abdifatah Ismael Tahir, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Around 98 million children and youth in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school, accounting for nearly 40% of the global out-of-school population. This is disproportionately high, considering that the region accounts for roughly 15%…
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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College Walid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon’s Druze minority, speaks in Beirut on July 18, 2025. AP Photo/Bilal Hussein Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters…
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Youth athletes, not just professionals, may face mental health risks from repeated traumatic brain injuries
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David B. Sarwer, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University Limiting the amount of physical contact in training can reduce young players’ head injury risks, research shows. Mint Images RF via Getty Images On July 28, 2025, a 27-year-old gunman entered a New York…
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Insurance warning signs in doctors’ offices might discourage patients from speaking openly about their health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Helen Colby, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Indiana University Have you ever noticed a sign in a doctor’s office saying that you may have to pay extra insurance costs if you discuss additional problems with your physician? If so, you’re not alone. As health care spending…
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How states are placing guardrails around AI in the absence of strong federal regulation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University The California State Capitol has been the scene of numerous efforts to regulate AI. AP Photo/Juliana Yamada U.S. state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies, given the lack of meaningful…
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Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Hilary Lustick, Associate Professor of Education, UMass Lowell While other presidential administrations have issued ‘Dear Colleague’ letters to schools, the Trump administration is the first to treat the letter like a law that mandates action. iStock/Getty Images Plus It’s been about six months since the…
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History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Susan L. Cutter, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina FEMA workers help residents who lost homes in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires apply for aid. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images When…
