Will the World Cup be another victory for Putin?
By Peter Rutland The football world cup is currently taking place in Russia. Peter Rutland looks at weather the event will be another political victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Half a million soccer fans will head to Russia to watch their national teams...
Is inheritance about more than just genes?
By Nicola Shepheard Epigenetics has been hailed as the missing link between genes and environment. Nicola Shepheard explores this phenomenon in greater detail and seeks out whether inheritance is about more than just genes. The growing knowledge of how experiences get...
Do ‘three strikes’ laws work?
By James Oleson Criminologist James Oleson looks into the controversial three strikes law in New Zealand and whether it works as a policy in keeping communities safe. After announcing in 2017 that New Zealand’s controversial three-strikes law would be repealed,[1]...
Q+A: What are the politics of food insecurity?
Climate change, pesticide contamination, soil-depletion, loss of land, power politics, mass pollinator die-offs, and a host of big business practices threaten the long-term availability of healthy food. In part one of this symposium on the future of food, Maria...
Q+A: Zero Tolerance: The United States’ brutal immigration policies, explained
With reports of indefinite detentions and children being separated from their families at the United States border, Maria Armoudian explores how we got here, what the legal and political ramifications are, and what happens next for America with Kevin Johnson and David...
Can crowdfunding help the environment?
As the effects of human activity on the environment become more widely felt, people are turning to crowdfunding campaigns to help conserve the Earth’s environment. But are they effective? If not for the public’s generosity, the iconic Statue of Liberty might not have...
In the face of censorship, can pop music still be political?
By Patrycja Rozbickya and Matthew Alford After the recent success of American artist Childish Gambino’s music video “This is America,” Patrycja Rozbicka and Matthew Alford explore whether pop music can still be political in the face of censorship....
Is the IMF failing?
By Adam Triggs Adam Triggs investigates why the world’s economic crisis-fighting mechanisms are dangerously inadequate and whether the IMF is failing. It was only in January that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was celebrating the strength of the global...
What happened to life on Mars?
By Monica Grady Monica Grady looks at the recent detection of organic material on Mars and whether this means more evidence of past life on the red planet. It was to a great fanfare of publicity that researchers announced they had found evidence for past life on Mars...Subscribe by Email
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