Researchers: Girls in hijab experience overlapping forms of racial and gendered violence
World Hijab Day recognizes the millions of Muslim women and girls who wear the traditional Islamic headscarf.
World Hijab Day recognizes the millions of Muslim women and girls who wear the traditional Islamic headscarf.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2024
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Earlier this week, Channel Nine published an altered image of Victorian MP Georgie Purcell that showed her in a midriff-exposing tank top. The outfit was actually a dress.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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The charity Mermaids, which offers support services to transgender young people and their caregivers in the UK, was once portrayed in the media as a respected source of advice and information. But by 2022, this had changed.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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If Thanksgiving dinner conversations have turned into heated political arguments over the past two decades, social media may be to blame. Popular social media figures—or influencers—who create or share distorted political ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2023
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Even as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded into every fabric our daily lives—from language translation to virtual personal assistants—it continues to be a divisive issue. As its reach expands, Virginia Tech ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2023
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After a summer of extreme weather—historic rainfall, devastating floods, wildfire smoke—leaf peeping season has finally arrived in Vermont and New England.
Environment
Sep 25, 2023
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Climate change is the defining crisis of the 21st century. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a "crisis multiplier", while renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough described climate change as "the ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2023
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Amid the cost of living crisis in a world getting rapidly hotter, a new report published today reveals the staggering £113bn cash earnings of BP and Shell shareholders.
Economics & Business
Aug 10, 2023
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Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarized and divided today than in the past. It's a divide that has long plagued the United States, but new data show it is increasingly eroding nations' unity, shared ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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A new study has explored the battle lines of public debate around a controversial energy technology which is heralded as "critical to combating climate change" by its advocates and branded "worse than coal" by its critics.
Environment
Jun 27, 2023
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