At Catholic universities, which generally don't offer contraceptives on their campuses, student groups have stepped in to fill the gaps.

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

‘Brit card’ already facing opposition from privacy campaigners as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration

This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…

‘Human rights law is both legal and ethical. This distinctive dual character is a deep challenge and a great strength. The editors of the Research Handbook describe it with a wonderful trio of adjecti...

Jenna Hanchey Under Review:Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair. Joseph M. Pierce. Duke University Press, August 2025. I was recently walking in Chicago with other science fiction …

In my early twenties I once got on a train to Durham that didn’t stop at Durham because I was so engrossed in a book. That, you might think, is to be expected

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election * Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on ​Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty. Continue reading...

At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.