UUnder the title of a 1986 newsletter, “Ubuntu, Abantu, Abelungu”, Black Sash, the anti-apartheid organization founded as a vanguard of the opposition of white liberal women in South Africa , reported the startling findings of a white field worker in his program against forced land abductions – Black people inRead More →
Monica Byrne’s Real Star (Voyager, £ 20) In his second novel, Byrne weaves three plots, each one thousand years apart. The last days of 1012 are described through the experiences of three royal siblings at the start of the post-classical Mayan era; in December 2012, Leah, a 19-year-old Métis American,Read More →
Netflix’s # 1 New Movie is Do not seek, a “comedy” starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, who play graduate astronomy student Kate Dibiasky and her teacher, Dr. Randall Mindy. The first discovers a giant comet and the second understands that it is destined to strike the Earth. I know,Read More →
NEW YORK (AP) – Former Weather Underground radical David Gilbert described his journey from nonviolent activist of the 1960s to potential revolutionary in a 4.5-hour hearing before the Committee of the Liberation Commission parolees from New York State who approved his parole in October, 40 years after serving as aRead More →
NASA tests planetary defense spacecraft to divert asteroid’s path Apocalyptic predictions are plentiful as 2022 draws closer every day, despite their limited evidence. Figures throughout history have cast their prophecies on events that claim to be the beginning of the end of the world. Nostradamus, although he does not predictRead More →
Navya J The far right has moved from climate denial to obstruction of climate action by seemingly accepting the existence of the climate crisis, this provides the far right with a powerful new set of justifications the far right can use to the “other” migrants and leftists while appearing asRead More →
With millions of podcasts streaming online these days, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of variety in the audio storytelling space. That’s why sometimes it’s best to stick with what you know, like PopSci’s two hit shows, “Strangest Thing I Learned This Week” and “Ask Us Anything”. NotRead More →
Phil Doyle / Tips Dr Michael Corballis of the University of Auckland believed that “universities should be dangerous places”. OPINION: The last time I spoke to Michael Corballis in July, he was embroiled in controversy over a letter he and some colleagues had published in the New Zealand auditor. Corballis,Read More →
World Philosophy Day at UNESCO has been celebrated every year since 2002 on the third Thursday in November. By proclaiming a World Philosophy Day, the Member States of UNESCO at its 33rd General Conference in 2005 underlined the beneficial influence of this Day on the promotion of the teaching ofRead More →
I was quite shocked to learn recently that in some universities the discipline of history is actually seen as part of the humanities and not as a social science. I thought this debate was already settled, having come from the University of the Philippines. In 1983, the College of ArtsRead More →