Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape and Simbarashe Murozvi, University of the Western Cape Child labour is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is estimated that about 160 million children are engaged in child labour, about 87 million of them
Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 100,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies. This new measure, introduced in the past few months across ten regions, is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy, widening the policy adopted in
Secondo le neuroscienze sociali, ogni feedback attiva (o disattiva) i circuiti della sicurezza e dell’apprendimento. Il tono, la postura, la scelta delle parole diventano segnali che il sistema nervoso interpreta come “minaccia” o “alleanza”. Ecco perché non è importante solo cosa dici, ma da quale stato interno lo dici. La leadership neurocoerente parte
Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Laura Hood, The Conversation The language from European leaders was fawning and obsequious. At one point, the head of Nato, Mark Rutte, even called Donald Trump “daddy”. But when the US president left the Nato summit in late June, there was a sigh of relief that he had
ph. A year in, Starmer still has a mountain to climb. Flickr/Number 10 , CC BY-NC-ND Rohan McWilliam, Anglia Ruskin University In the build-up to the 2024 election, Keir Starmer worked hard to show that his party could run Britain better than the Tories. He promised his government would offer stability after years of chaos –
Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria and Lisa Sachs, Columbia University Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African multilateral financial institutions: the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Trade and Development Bank (TDB). These creditors, in effect, are demanding that the two countries prioritise repayments to
ph. A journalist runs out of the U.S. Supreme Court building carrying a ruling on the last day of the court’s term on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University When presidents have tried to make big changes through executive orders, they have often
ph. The Supreme Court greenlights states’ efforts to block kids from online porn by requiring age verification. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on June 27, 2025, that will reshape how states protect children online. In a case assessing a Texas law
ph. Under pressure. Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-ND Tony McNulty, Queen Mary University of London The government has promised to make major concessions to its universal credit and personal independence payment bill after a large-scale and very public rebellion by Labour MPs threatened to derail a vote due on July 1. The Commons order
Andrew Corbett, King’s College London Mark Rutte had an unenviable task at the Hague summit this week. The Nato secretary-general had to work with diverging American and European views of current security threats. After Rutte made extraordinary efforts at highly deferential, overt flattery of Donald Trump to secure crucial outcomes for the alliance,