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Agriculture
Ending Amazon Deforestation: The Future of the World’s largest Rainforest

Ending Amazon Deforestation: The Future of the World’s largest Rainforest

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By Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation | – Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, […]

France
France’s Plan for Solar Panels on all Car Parks is just the Start of an Urban Renewable Revolution

France’s Plan for Solar Panels on all Car Parks is just the Start of an Urban Renewable Revolution

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By Dylan Ryan, Edinburgh Napier University | – (The Conversation) – France has approved legislation that will require all car parks with more than 80 spaces to be covered over by solar panels. This is part of a wider programme that will see solar panels occupy derelict lots, vacant land alongside roads and railways, as […]

Antisemitism
From Kanye to Trump: Antisemitism isn’t just Jew-hatred– it’s anti-Jewish racism

From Kanye to Trump: Antisemitism isn’t just Jew-hatred– it’s anti-Jewish racism

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By Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles | – (The Conversation) – Antisemitism has been in the news a lot lately. Hip-hop megastar Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – tweeted Oct. 8, 2022 that he would “go death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and then made antisemitic comments during a series of […]

Climate Crisis
8 billion people: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth combine to threaten Public Health, with Global Consequences

8 billion people: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth combine to threaten Public Health, with Global Consequences

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By Maureen Lichtveld, University of Pittsburgh | – There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist. Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How will we take care of more people in the next pandemic? What will heat do to millions with hypertension? Will countries wage water […]

Authoritarianism
The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

The Veil in Iran has been an enduring Symbol of Patriarchal Norms – but its Use has Changed depending on Who is in Power

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By Amy Motlagh, University of California, Davis | – In images of the uprising that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, perhaps the most iconic ones, aside from that of Amini herself, are those of unveiled Iranian women photographed from behind, facing police barricades or raising a fist at the […]

Islam
How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

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By Sara Rahnama, Morgan State University | – Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Course Title: “Women and War” What prompted the idea for the course? (The Conversation) – When I was on a fellowship at the Library of Congress finishing my first book, “The Future […]

Climate Crisis
COP27: how young Climate Activists are changing International Human Rights Law

COP27: how young Climate Activists are changing International Human Rights Law

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By Aoife Daly, University College Cork | – World leaders and climate scientists aren’t the only ones who have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the latest UN climate summit, COP27. Children and young people are also a big part of the conference. For the first time, COP will have a Youth Envoy, Omnia […]

Reproductive Choice
In first nationwide Election since Roe was Overturned, Voters opt to protect Abortion Access

In first nationwide Election since Roe was Overturned, Voters opt to protect Abortion Access

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By Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University | – The first major election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade saw abortion rights on the ballot in a record number of states. The outcomes of these initiatives suggest that when Kansas voters in August 2022 rejected a proposed constitutional amendment […]

Israel
Israel: The Right-Wing Netanyahu is Back but can he Govern with Far, Far Right "Allies"?

Israel: The Right-Wing Netanyahu is Back but can he Govern with Far, Far Right “Allies”?

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By Guy Ziv, American University School of International Service | – Israel’s political magician has done it again. Having been turned out of office in 2021 as the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted – and with his corruption trial still underway – Benjamin Netanyahu has made another stunning comeback. After four inconclusive […]

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