The judiciary’s dilemma: Protecting Nigeria’s whistleblowers without legislation "Because I decided to speak up, I am jobless. I was ostracized and frustrated to accept the norm. To remain silent is to be complicit..."

"Because I decided to speak up, I am jobless. I was ostracized and frustrated to accept the norm. To remain silent is to be complicit..."

Paracetamol, pregnancy and autism: what the science really shows A study tracking 2.4 million children found no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

A study tracking 2.4 million children found no link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert … who is the next to be silenced? | Moira Donegan When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert … who is the next to be silenced? | Moira Donegan

DeepSeek and the digital battleground: China’s AI influence abroad As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promotes DeepSeek abroad, making cutting-edge AI technology accessible to the Global South, this comes with hidden risks and human-rights-related consequences.

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promotes DeepSeek abroad, making cutting-edge AI technology accessible to the Global South, this comes with hidden risks and human-rights-related consequences.

Marianne Camerer | Hani’s warning came true: Liberators became elitists, but hope remains

Review: Africa meets Bach by way of Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma Singer Angélique Kidjo and cellist Yo-Yo Ma explore the intersections between Bach and African music at the Hollywood Bowl in a partnership they've long shared.

Africa meets Bach by way of Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma

Trump plans to force new disclosure of college admissions data The president's directive would intensify scrutiny of schools and their admissions process.

Trump will force colleges to disclose more student admissions data as he seeks to crack down on the use of race in the higher education application process.

Funding freeze could set research back years, Harvard scientists say “It's like we have been creating a state-of-the-art telescope to explore the universe, and now we don’t have money to launch it.”

Some of the world’s most prominent researchers are laying off young researchers and shelving years, or even decades, of research into everything from opioid addiction to cancer.

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

The Rule of Law is officially dead in the US. How do we know? Here, @elienyc.bsky.social explains what the rule of law actually means and how we know it’s stopped functioning.

MADIBA’S LEGACY: Revisiting Nelson Mandela’s many journeys in leadership (Part one)

Nelson Mandela’s life was one with multiple implications. His life conditions changed, and he altered as a human being at various phases of his life. He spoke of undergoing a series of journeys. Part one of a five-part series on Nelson Mandela’s leadership.

What to Do When the Supreme Court Rules the Wrong Way The blows have been coming weekly, as Trump tries to ransack the Constitution Yet recent Court history shows that what feels like the end can be a beginning.

The President is trying to ransack the Constitution, and the Supreme Court often seems complacent. Class-action lawsuits may be one remedy, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes.

AI Action Plan Explore President Trump's AI Action Plan, America's roadmap to win the AI race focused on Three Pillars: Accelerating Innovation, Building AI Infrastructure, and Leading in International diplomacy and...

US AI Action Plan

Our DOJ whistleblower client Erez Reuveni who has just been featured on @nytimes.com's The Daily podcast—listen to the full interview below: whistleblower.org/in-the-news/...

A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out

DOJ Whistleblower interview with NY Times. Such courage amid tyranny. 35 minutes. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/p...

DOJ Whistleblower: "This is really a canary in the coal mine moment for the rule of law. I come back to my hope that others will see the moment, see what is right, and speak up."

What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing? The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.

The arrival of A.I. means that college students can now bypass the process, and the difficulty, of learning altogether. Hua Hsu reports on how A.I. has prompted us to question the point of higher education.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez reports to prison for 11-year sentence The onetime powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now at Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez — the onetime powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — reports to prison for 11-year sentence.

JUST IN: “18 universities, including all Ivy League schools but @Columbia, seek to file friend-of-the-court brief backing Harvard in its battle with Trump over foreign students.”—per Josh Gershwin, Sr. editor @Politco #BlueSky #MedSkt #NewsSky

Trump's latest salvo against Harvard: Pitting the Ivy League against the working class The president proposed on social media to redirect $3 billion from Harvard University to U.S. trade schools.

As President Trump’s war on Harvard University intensifies, he is shifting his message in a seeming bid for new allies — apart from punishing the institution, he’s also promising to elevate the working class.

SOCK-FULL OF DEFIANCE OP-ED: Silent resistance in South Africa’s taxi ranks — the hidden economy of ‘imali yesokisi’

The taxi industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transport system, yet it operates in a legal and economic grey zone. Drivers endure brutal hours, poverty wages and constant insecurity.

More than 800 lawyers, judges call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war Israel’s breaches of international law in Gaza risk setting ‘anarchy’ loose upon the world, a signatory says.

Israel’s breaches of international law in Gaza risk setting ‘anarchy’ loose upon the world, a signatory says.

Overseas schools are eager to take international students affected by Trump's Harvard ban If the Trump administration succeeds in barring international students from enrolling at Harvard, it will benefit U.S. competitors such as China, experts say.

If the Trump administration succeeds in barring international students from enrolling at Harvard, it will benefit U.S. competitors such as China, experts say.

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse Opinion  I use AI a lot, but not to write stories. I use AI for search. When it comes to search, AI, especially Perplexity, is simply better than Google.…

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started.

Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started. www.wired.com/story/the-pr...

CRIME-FIGHTING: Watchful eyes of ‘Dung Beetles’ help put Gqeberha criminals behind bars

Using a handful of sharp analysts, a dedicated team of police officers and a network of security cameras, law enforcement finally brought an end to a spate of thefts from motor vehicles that had been plaguing Nelson Mandela Bay’s beachfront.

Trump Repeats “White Genocide” Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa President Donald Trump staged an extraordinary confrontation in the Oval Office on Wednesday, repeating his false claims about a “white genocide” taking place in South Africa during a meeting with...

Trump Repeats "White Genocide" Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa's president praised for staying calm during Trump's Oval Office ambush South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa keeps his cool after a carefully choreographed Oval Office ambush by Trump.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa keeps his cool after a carefully choreographed Oval Office ambush by Trump.
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UW professor looks for ways to make the ethical best of AI-enhanced learning When generative artificial intelligence, or AI, dropped into our lives two and a half years ago, educators around the world went into a panic. Suddenly there was a chatbot easily accessible to student...

Now students are complaining that teachers are using AI in their jobs, and they don't like it. Should they?

CNN fact-checks 'truly extraordinary' Trump attack on president of South Africa CNN host Dana Bash and fact-checker Daniel Dale pounced on Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon after the U.S. president "ambushed" South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office with patently...

CNN fact-checks 'truly extraordinary' Trump attack on president of South Africa

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Prosecutions For ‘Insulting the President’ Continue in Türkiye Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a dictator at a protest in...

Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president a dictator.

Ayık’s case is just the latest in a pattern of similar abusive detentions and prosecutions.