Politics

Why do so many people return to crime after serving their sentence—even in Norway, with one of the world’s most humane prison systems?This post was originally published on this website.

Earlier this week, thousands of mainly young people in Nepal took to the streets in mass protests triggered by the government’s decision to ban 26 social media platforms.This post was originally published on this website.

Settling in a new country as a refugee comes with a variety of opportunities and challenges, from forming social connections, to navigating government services, and many others. The challenges can be greater for refugees with […]

Women experience major consequences from water scarcity and pollution. Across the world, many women and girls lose education and employment opportunities due to spending long hours fetching water. They also face major health and safety […]

Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.This post was […]

A recent study provides a nuanced understanding of the mechanisms driving polarization and issue alignment on Twitter/X and reveals how political polarization in Germany is reinforced and structured by two distinct types of highly active […]

New research shows that Australia is lagging well behind Europe when it comes to digitized border control, adopting a “staggering” level of secrecy that is threatening individual democratic rights.This post was originally published on this […]

New research from Simon Fraser University (SFU) Biological Sciences researchers finds that Pacific salmon are facing escalating threats due to a lack of coordinated conservation policy and oversight.This post was originally published on this website.

Young people are under intense scrutiny. They are subject to community, media and policy concerns about everything from technology use to public safety.This post was originally published on this website.

President Donald Trump recently signed two executive orders targeting “cashless bail,” the policies that permit the release of people arrested for crimes pending trial without requiring them to pay money.This post was originally published on […]