Students with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports
"Teen with special needs makes thrilling buzzer beater shot."
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2024
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News tagged with legal rights
Should animals have voting rights?
A new paper in Analysis argues that it may be time to extend voting rights to animals.
Political science
Jan 23, 2024
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Study finds new abortion and LGBT policies negatively impact interstate migration
Researchers at the University of Houston say major state-level shifts in social and legal rights available to women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are affecting interstate migration attitudes ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2023
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Human rights law demands climate change adaptation, researchers say
Continued high emissions of greenhouse gases mean the well-being of all people now depends on profound changes in policies and practices to effect climate change adaptation.
Environment
Nov 27, 2023
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Corporate growers' carrots are soaking up water in this arid valley. Locals are fighting back
In the Cuyama Valley north of Santa Barbara, lush green fields stretch across the desert. Sprinklers spray thousands of acres to grow a single thirsty crop: carrots.
Environment
Nov 20, 2023
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A constitutional right to hunt and fish? Florida voters will decide in 2024
Florida voters will decide next year whether to establish a state constitutional right to hunt and fish.
Political science
Oct 12, 2023
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Research offers insight into AI protections for workers
As artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in monitoring employees and automating management decisions, Virginia Doellgast offers examples from Germany and Norway showing how worker representatives have been able to ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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Portuguese youths sue 32 European governments at EU court in largest climate case ever
A little over three years ago, a group of Portuguese youths filed a legal action against 32 European governments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over what they say is a failure to adequately tackle global heating. ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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Court action necessary to establish climate stability as protected right to break climate change impasse, says professor
New court actions upholding climate stability as a protected right are needed to break the climate change impasse, an Oregon State University economist concludes in a new paper in PLOS Climate.
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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Trees, rivers and mountains are gaining legal status—but it's not been a quick fix for environmental problems
As the scale and severity of environmental issues become more obvious, lawmakers are experimenting with new ways to protect nature. One approach that has gone from blue-sky debate to meaningful reality over the past 50 years ...
Environment
Aug 18, 2023
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