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Europe is spending billions on deporting migrants. Why the strategy isn’t working
The European Union has used money and enforcement infrastructure as the twin pillars of its migrant returns strategy. The evidence suggests it isn’t working.
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Global supply chains keep workers poor: three case studies show how the cycle can be broken
Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
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Cultural bias in west Africa’s school-leaver exam questions puts many students at a disadvantage
Assessments are often treated as culturally neutral when they are not.
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Désinformation : sommes-nous tous manipulés ?
Source: The Conversation – in French – By Laurent Bainier, Directeur de la rédaction The Conversation France, The Conversation Sommes-nous vraiment libres de nos opinions, ou nos choix sont-ils façonnés...
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Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s
Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.
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Who are hospital ethics consultants, and why should you care?
Hospitals rely on ethics consultants to help navigate difficult decisions about life support, consent and a patient’s wishes when the path forward is unclear.
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The more Fox News a white American watches, the more likely they are to believe in a racist conspiracy theory, regardless of party affiliation and demographics
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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Powerful AI is making facial recognition better at identifying you
New AI-based facial recognition techniques are reducing false positive and false negative matches.
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TMZ descends on Washington in a test of whether tabloid tactics can serve the public interest
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.