The Psychology of Injustice in Criminal Courts
By Ana Swanson The Washington Post We like to believe that decisions made in U.S. courts are determined by the wisdom of the Constitution, and guided by fair-minded judges and juries of […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Beginning of the National Water Emergency
By Maude Barlow The Nation The United Nations reports that we have 15 years to avert a full-blown water crisis and that, by 2030, demand for water will outstrip supply […]
When the End of Human Civilization is Your Day Job
By John H. Richardson Esquire For more than thirty years, climate scientists have been living a surreal existence. A vast and ever-growing body of research shows that warming is tracking […]
Assessing Naval Buildups in the South China Sea
By Steven Stashwick The Diplomat After decades of operating legacy Soviet platforms, Vietnam’s navy is acquiring advanced new frigates from Russia and the Netherlands, capable new Russian diesel-electric submarines, and […]
Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Economy
By Anders Åslund Project Syndicate Ukraine’s economy may no longer be in free fall, but it remains in dire straits. The country’s GDP contracted by 6.8% last year, and is […]
Inside the Secretive World of Parole Boards
By Beth Schwartzapfel The Marshall Project America’s prisons hold tens of thousands of people like Rodriguez — people primarily confined not by the verdicts of a judge or a jury […]
What Prisons Can Learn From Schools
By Eli Hager The Marshall Project “Many of the same constituencies we united with on education are the ones I’m collaborating with now on criminal justice,” says Senator Cory Booker […]
Is Space Tourism Travelling Faster Than Space Law?
By Gbenga Oduntan Space Daily Space tourism is fast becoming the new frontier in the transportation business. Driven by profit-making private venture capital, the push to offer customers some direct […]
The Arctic Continental Shelf: Geological, Legal, or Geopolitical?
By Mia Bennett Cryopolitics With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up a lot lately. The term also appears […]
