Business + Economy
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Henning Melber, University of Pretoria
We should be wary of simplified and sweeping explanations about the scope for potential social and political reforms the middle classes can promote.
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Environment + Energy
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Ian Hendy, University of Portsmouth
Oxygen-free areas will continue to grow until we stop pumping excess nutrients into the oceans.
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Health + Medicine
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Stephanie Lake, University of British Columbia; M-J Milloy, University of British Columbia
As Canada moves towards legalization of cannabis in 2018, there is growing evidence of the drug's potential to treat opioid addiction itself, as well as the chronic pain that often drives it.
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Politics + Society
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Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The most viable nonmilitary solution to the standoff with North Korea is to get China to apply pressure. But that's not so easy.
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Adele Webb, University of Sydney
Ambivalence among voters is reason to think about how democracy is working for us as a community. To keep democracy alive we need to be sceptical about the exercise of power and keep it in check.
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