Apr 23, 2024 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Eventually, most adults reach a point where we realize we are out of touch with those much younger than us. Perhaps it is a pop culture reference that sparks the realization. For me, this moment happened when I was in...
EU migration overhaul stresses fast-track deportations and limited appeal rights for asylum seekers
Apr 23, 2024 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The European Parliament adopted its Pact on Migration and Asylum on April 10, 2024, clearing a major hurdle on its way to becoming European Union law. The package of regulations and directives seeks to update EU policies...
How corporate involvement in psychedelic research could threaten public safety
Apr 23, 2024 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
In the mid-20th century, psychedelics were deemed illegal substances with little medical purpose, a high potential for abuse and a lack of safety. However, emerging evidence suggests the opposite; a potential role for...
Apr 23, 2024 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Georgias ruling party attempted to pass a controversial bill on foreign agents in March 2023. The law would have required civil society groups and the media to register as being under foreign influence if they receive...
Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley’s new book is smart on what has gone wrong since the 1980s
Apr 23, 2024 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom is the latest book from the English economic and political journalist and rising progressive star Grace Blakeley. The 30-year-old describes...
Ukraine war: $60 billion in US military aid a major morale boost but no certain path to victory
Apr 23, 2024 08:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
It took months of delays and desperate pleas from Ukraine, but the US House of Representatives has finally passed a bill authorising US$60 billion (50 billion) worth of military aid to Ukraine. The bill is still subject...
Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will go ahead
Apr 23, 2024 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Nasa recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who...
The Alberta government is interfering in public sector bargaining on an unprecedented scale
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants