Editor's note
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Three years ago today, 43 year old Eric Garner died after an encounter with New York City police. His death, and the deaths of countless other black men at the hands of police, has fueled reforms in police departments across the country. But as scholar Yanilda Gonzàles has found from research in Latin America, police reform is often vulnerable to reversal when the issue becomes politicized. With a new administration under Trump in place, she asks, will these changes be reversed before they have time to impact policing?
As the Federal Communications Commission considers millions of public comments about whether it should keep its Open Internet Rules or revert to the days when net neutrality was a question, Bhaskar Chakravorti at Tufts University argues that the future of America’s digital leadership is at stake.
And according to a new United Nations report, more than two billion people around the world do not have access in their homes to clean water for drinking, washing and other needs. Instead, public health researcher Bethany Caruso observes, fetching water and hauling it home is an enormous burden for those households – a task shouldered mainly by women.
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Riot police in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano
Yanilda González, University of Chicago
Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.
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Science + Technology
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Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University
The digital economy in the US is already on the verge of stalling; failing to protect an open internet would further erode the United States’ digital competitiveness.
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Michael Gavin, Colorado State University
There's little research into origins of the geographic patterns of language diversity. A new model exploring processes that shaped Australia's language diversity provides a template for investigators.
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From our international editions
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Hermann Aubié, Aston University
The lessons of Liu's life and work must never be forgotten.
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Henry Giroux, McMaster University
According to famed anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, the central question of our times is whether we’re witnessing the worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some sort of populist…
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Andrew Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute; Bob Mash, Stellenbosch University; Karen Daniels, South African Medical Research Council; Thumbi Mwangi, Washington State University
How will the World Health Organisation's Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? Africa's academics have some tips.
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Hugh Byrd, University of Lincoln
India's quest to build smart cities by developing high-rise housing will have adverse environmental impacts and reduce resilience.
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