Q+A: Humans: The most damaging predator on Earth?
Is humanity the most damaging predator on Earth? Many experts say yes and that its predatory practices are disrupting evolution. Maria Armoudian speaks with three researchers who have looked at this issue: Chris Darimont, Tom Reimchen, and Heather Bryan. Chris...
Humanitarian intervention: More harm than good?
By Blaise Lidstone-White Does humanitarian intervention do more harm than good? Blaise Lidstone-White investigates. After the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the Holocaust during the Second World War, and ethnic cleansing in Darfur in the 2000s, the world said “never...
Russian trolls and bots: What are they, what they do and how to craft effective responses
By Pamela Williamson Pamela Williamson looks into the world of Russian trolls and bots. The mechanisation of bots to power political messaging is a very new phenomenon, although propaganda during war has been around for a long time. The seminal work of Harold Laswell...
Bad blood: Risk or discrimination?
By Simon Stewart Simon Stewart investigates whether members of the gay community are discriminated against when it comes to the option of donating blood. Blood, collected in very large amounts from the bodies of an ever-growing population of human beings, can be both...
Is the United States anti-government movement a type of constitutional coup? 🔊
Historically political leaders and the citizens of the United States had turned toward a civil service after being fed up with the spoils system and other problems arising from private companies running those services. With the return to privatizing government...
What is voluntourism? Human trafficking and modern slavery
By Claudia Russell What is voluntourism? Claudia Russell looks into the ‘industry’ which has been likened to slavery and human trafficking. While it may seem like an opportunity to see the world while helping those less fortunate, “volunteer abroad”...
Rohingya crisis: A year since it shocked the world, what’s changed?
By Abdullah Yusuf It has been a year since the Rohingya crisis shocked the world, but what has changed? Abdullah Yusuf finds out. This August marks a full year since one of the 21st century’s worst refugee crises gripped the world’s attention. In 2017, an...
Could Brazilians elect their own Donald Trump?
By Jessie Bullock The Global Anticorruption Blog’s Jessie Bullock looks at whether Brazil could be about to elect their own version of Donald Trump. Will Brazil get its own Donald Trump? Brazil’s next election is right around the corner (the campaign starts...
Freedom to or freedom from? The question simmering beneath the gun control debate
By Beth Owens Beth Owens explores the issue of gun control in the United States. Dunblane, Scotland, 13th March 1996: Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and one teacher after walking into Dunblane Primary School with four handguns. The following year, the British...Subscribe by Email
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