Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Virgin Mary detail. (Wikimedia Commons) By PHILIP C. ALMOND The University of Queensland MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS, is [Continue]
By JOHN J. CLAGUE Simon Fraser University THE WEST COAST of Canada is known for its wet autumn weather, but the storm that British Columbia’s Fraser Valley experienced over [Continue]
By ALEX MARLAND Memorial University of Newfoundland CANADA HAS ANOTHER MINORITY government. Is this good or bad for Canadian democracy? Mostly good — for now. There’s a [Continue]
By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada IN A DARK AND SURREAL MOMENT in American history, on the afternoon of Jan. 6, a group of Americans staged a violent protest by [Continue]
By NATASHA LINDSTAEDT University of Essex In the months leading up to US election day, it was predicted that Donald Trump would not accept the results if he lost, would cast [Continue]
By JACK L. ROZDILSKY York University, Canada WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT of President Donald Trump’s hospitalization for COVID-19, a dangerous situation is now unfolding at the [Continue]
Alison Gash, University of Oregon; Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University, and Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden [Continue]
By SAM FULWOOD III American University and DAVID C. BARKER American University School of Public Affairs WITH HIS choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden [Continue]
By TEMITOPE ORIOLA University of Alberta THE GLOBAL CONDEMNATION of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed [Continue]
By HAMID FOUROUGHI University of Portsmouth MARIANNA FOTAKI University of Warwick YIANNIS GABRIEL University of Bath BULLSHIT SEEMS TO BE the new currency in politics. Around [Continue]
By JILL GRANT Dalhousie University FOR DECADES, epidemiologists have warned of the risks of new pandemics in our world of stressed natural environments, densely populated [Continue]
By ADAM HODGES University of Colorado Boulder IN MANY WAYS, Bernie Sanders is the anti-Trump. And, in important ways, he ran his campaign as the anti-Biden. Sanders bowed out [Continue]
By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]
By SHANA MacDONALD University of Waterloo In just the first month of 2020, #MeghanandHarry has been trending across social media more often than not. In a series of public [Continue]