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Nov 12, 2024

What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?

ph. Donald Trump addresses the crowd after being declared the winner during an election night party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine Most people agree that actual facts matter – in such activities as debate,

Nov 5, 2024

Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar

Bonita Meyersfeld, University of the Witwatersrand There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations have duties under international law. Many argue that only states are bound by international law, and it is those states which are obliged to regulate how businesses operate within their borders. Corporations have only a

Nov 4, 2024

Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men

Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston If elected, Donald Trump has vowed to demolish what he calls the “deep state” – a conspiratorial term for the American federal bureaucracy. A second Trump administration, running mate JD Vance has said, should fire thousands of civil servants and replace them with MAGA loyalists. Trump has

Nov 4, 2024

US elections: here’s what’s at stake for Europe, in three key areas

ph. French President Macron welcomes US Vice President Kamala Harris for a meeting at Elysee Palace In Paris, in November, 2021. Jo Bouroch/Shutterstock Waya Quiviger, IE University Many pundits are claiming that the 2024 contest will be the most important US election since 1860. Most Europeans would also agree. At stake is not

Nov 1, 2024

Patriot

Title: Patriot Author: Alexei Navalny (Author), Arch Tait (Translator), Stephen Dalziel (Translator) Pages: 496 Patriot is much more than just a memoir. It is a raw, deeply personal account of a man who defied an authoritarian regime with unshakeable courage, and paid the ultimate price for his convictions. In Patriot, Alexei Navalny, once