British Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the government will pay up to two-thirds of people’s wages as long as employees are working—and being paid for—one-third of their hours. Sunak has said that the British economy is going through a “more permanent adjustment” and what happens now “must be different […]
Month: October 2020
Towards an uncivil society?
Whenever anyone mounts a critique of the current state of media encounters one particular counter-argument. Where were you when the tilt was the other way around, when the liberal narrative held sway in almost all of media? No one complained about bias, or the quality of coverage then, did they? […]
The beauty politic: South Africa’s long and complicated history with skin lighteners
South Africa remains the only country in the world to prohibit all cosmetic claims to skin bleaching, lightening or whitening. And we have a blend of Black Consciousness and science to thank for it. But regulation hasn’t totally snuffed out demand for dangerous […]
Mandela’s lawyer, anti-apartheid activist George Bizos dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Anti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela’s personal lawyer George Bizos has died at 92, his family said Wednesday. © Provided by Associated Press FILE — In this Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008 file photo George Bizos, left, anti-apartheid activist, and life-long friend and lawyer of Nelson Mandela, right, arrives […]
Access to justice as a human right during pandemic
The global concern during the current pandemic is human rights and their implementation. In this backdrop, the Lawyers and Jurists Foundation organised Digital Dialogue-9 on 11 September, 2020 about access to justice as human rights during pandemic. The dialogue was commenced by Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Former Chairman, National Human […]
Federal government executes former U.S. soldier who said witchcraft drove him to kill nurse
The U.S. government on Tuesday executed a former soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him. William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. ET after receiving a lethal injection at the same U.S. […]
Autism Society event will include virtual walk, resource fair, panel discussions | Local news
Supporters of the Autism Society of Southern Arizona seek to raise at least $100,000 at the 14th annual Autism Virtual Walk & Interactive Resource Fair on Sept. 26. The walk, pictured last year, is now a virtual event that features a resource fair with more than 75 vendors that offer […]
Principles of Jewish Political Practice “https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/Steven Windmueller” The Blogs
The Jewish political tradition is rich as it is historic. The principles that define and shape how Jews understand and engage in the political process is drawn from their past, tied to their tradition and built on their encounters with modern political thought and practice. The materials gathered here are […]
Lawyer accuses Northeastern of creating ‘private prison’ with ‘untenable rules’
Parents of nearly a dozen Northeastern students suspended for breaking the school’s COVID-19 rules have hired a lawyer, who says the Boston-based university is deliberately setting out to humiliate the students and their families.Northeastern University dismissed 11 first-year students after the school said they were discovered together in a room […]