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Why politicians can’t fix potholes permanently
Source: The Conversation – UK David Michael Bellis/Shutterstock Potholes are a safety risk, source of vehicle damage and recurring annoyance in the UK. They gain special visibility at times of...
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Les groupes armés comblent un vide politique au Mali : il est essentiel d’y remédier pour mettre fin à la violence
Source: The Conversation – in French Le Mali est en proie à des troubles politiques depuis 2012. Cette année-là a été marquée par un coup d’État militaire et la prise...
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How Venezuela has – and hasn’t – changed since Maduro’s capture
Source: The Conversation – UK Four months have passed since US forces captured Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and ousted him from power. Maduro’s vice-president, Delcy Rodríguez, quickly moved into...
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Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives Sylvia Moy was a trailblazing Motown songwriter. L. Busacca/WireImage for Songwriter's Hall of Fame During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife,...
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Why climate action stalls, despite widespread popular support
Source: The Conversation – UK Workers in developing countries, like these men on a building site in Bangladesh, are more likely get heat stress as temperatures rise. Mahmud Hossain Opu/...
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Sept penseurs francophones pour comprendre la condition intellectuelle contemporaine
Source: The Conversation – in French Qu’est-ce qu’être intellectuel aujourd’hui depuis l’Afrique ou ses diasporas, sinon occuper une position instable, prise entre héritages coloniaux, contraintes globales et luttes pour une...
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How super-skinny red carpet trend at Met Gala clashes with own its body-positive Costume Art show
Source: The Conversation – UK Organised by Vogue, the Met Gala this year was based around the theme of “costume art”. An accompanying exhibition of the same name opens at...
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Russia doesn’t have much to celebrate on Victory Day, as Ukraine brings the war home to Putin
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives Russia has dramatically scaled back its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square on May 9, with no heavy military hardware for the first...
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Our Land: who owns the countryside? New documentary explores the access divide in England and Wales
Source: The Conversation – UK Directed by Orban Wallace, Our Land explores the countryside access debate in England and Wales through interviews, pastoral shots, lavish illustrations and a walk in...
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Israel’s destructive actions in Lebanon are normalising war without rules
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives In late April, Amal Khalil, a 43-year-old Lebanese journalist, was killed in a double-tap Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. When rescue teams tried to...