As the impeachment investigation continues in Washington, polls suggest a majority of Republican voters disapprove of launching an official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. With a two-thirds majority required in the US Senate, Democrats will need the backing of Republican senators if Trump is to be impeached. Thomas Gift argues that Republican leaders may be overestimating the extent to which the public wants them to
defend Trump.
Uganda has an education policy in place that sets down at what age children should learn English. But, as Medadi Ssentanda explains, the policy doesn’t take into account what’s possible in rural areas of the country where conditions – particularly in state schools – militate against children developing proficiency.
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Refusing to cooperate.
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Thomas Gift, UCL
Are Republican leaders overestimating the extent to which the public wants them to defend Donald Trump?
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Politics + Society
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Medadi Ssentanda, Makerere University
Uganda's English language policy is at odds with the situation on the ground in the country's rural schools.
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Haidar Khezri, University of Central Florida
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins of Kurdistan's relative gender equality in a mostly conservative Muslim region.
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Catherine Mwangi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; John Gachohi, Washington State University
Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
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Michael Traugott, University of Michigan
Members of Congress factor what the public thinks into their decisions. But it's difficult to measure what the public is really thinking.
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Energy + Environment
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Charlie Gardner, University of Kent; Jake Bicknell, University of Kent; Matthew Struebig, University of Kent; Zoe Davies, University of Kent
In the absence of animals to help larger trees reproduce, forests are shedding carbon – and the main global tool to measure forest health is blind to the problem.
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Dirk Messner, United Nations University
Innovation in digital technology is accelerating – it has massive untapped potential for tackling the climate crisis.
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En español
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Alfonso Ortega Giménez, Universidad Miguel Hernández
Tecnologías como el 'big data', el 'machine learning', las redes sociales y los dispositivos inteligentes permiten a las aseguradoras extraer información valiosa de fuentes antes imposibles.
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Víctor Sampedro Blanco, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
El modelo de negocio dominante en la industria digital no prefigura un futuro tecnológico emancipador. La dietética digital plantea una desconexión parcial y temporal, necesaria para reprogramarnos y reconectarnos.
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En français
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Hervé Jactel, Inra
Jamais on n’aura autant loué le rôle clé des forêts pour lutter contre les effets du changement climatique. Et jamais les forêts n’auront été si menacées…
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Jean-Michel Servet, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Les expérimentations menées par les économistes comme Esther Duflo, lauréate du « Nobel » 2019, ne questionnent jamais l’organisation néolibérale dans laquelle ils évoluent.
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