We do so in response to an article written by Fleetwood And Lea (2022), published in this journal, claiming that 'defunding the police does not translate well to the UK' (p.172).doi:10.1111/hojo.12508Megan McElhoneT. KempS. Lamble...
Biden's opposition to defunding police departments puts him at odds with activists and some progressive lawmakers who have amplified the slogan "defund the police" duringdemonstrationsthat have erupted nationwide in the wake ofGeorge Floyd's deathin Minneapolis. Some believe police departments should b...
Organizers from the Movement for Black Lives, a national coalition of more than 150 Black-led political and advocacy groups, pointed to Wright’s killing as yet another reason why cities must take up proposals for defunding an “irreparably broken, racist system.” "The fact that police ...
The prayer leader decried and assumed that this is an illegitimate baby therefore he should be stoned. Resultantly the baby was stoned to death. In another incident, an anonymous person called a welfare organisation in Karachi and informed about a dead body dumped in garbage. Upon their arrival...
As a local observer, I represented a local civil society organization, which along with dozens of local organizations, received generous EU funding in preparation for the elections. The EU fund aimed at promoting various elections-related initiatives, such as training local observers and implementing ...
Funding Open Access funding provided by the IReL Consortium. The authors would like to thank the Insper Institute of Education and Research and the Maynooth University Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Sciences Institute for funding the studies reported in this paper. We would also like to ...
The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests.
“Quite simply, the online rumors of transmissible illnesses in Black Rock City are unfounded and untrue,” Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley said in an email. The festival had been closed to vehicles after more than a half-inch (1.3 centimeters) of rain fell Sept. 1, causing flooding ...
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday urged the U.S. government to review its decision to suspend its funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). "Many counties have asked Trump to review his decision of suspending WHO's funding at a time when the organization is stru...
So, while some hold out hope that Canadian universities can bring themselves back in line with prevailing public opinion, there are significant reasons to doubt that this is possible, at least in the short term. This is highly unfortunate, given that it could cause them to lose funding...