The sad reality is that if the demands of these early activists had been met nearly a century ago, we would not be suffering the severe disadvantage that hovers over Aboriginal lives still today.
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The climate emergency is in many ways the Vietnam of today’s young people. The 50th anniversary of the release of resisters to that conflict should give today’s decision-makers pause for thought.
Only a small percentage of women in rural areas have access to the Internet, so participation in online activism is limited to urban centres.
Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
Major companies around the world rely on third-party code. What happens when a programmer has a political point to make?
As many as 80% of young people want abortion to be legal, and most disagree with the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. This could lead to high youth voting rates in the 2022 midterms.
Understanding how early on in childhood political interest is sparked –– and what sparks it –– is crucial to giving more people a voice
A new wave of political dissenters is emerging in China – and being repressed.
TikTok has a high aptitude as a booster for grassroot political activism, even in regions where freedom of expression is limited.
Even after years of delay, the arguments continue about what should be made public about this scandal.
As the U.S. election approaches, various groups have mobilized to vote. But witches have taken it a little further, organizing online spellcasting meet-ups to engage in magical resistance.
If teenagers organizing on social media can hamper a presidential campaign rally, how challenging is it to manipulate elections?
The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
Sex work using the internet is safer for sex workers and easier to police – why would MPs want to change that?
United’s CEO called the Trump policy ‘in deep conflict’ with his company’s values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
A parliamentary committee has identified major flaws in the Australian government’s proposed changes to electoral law, which have big implications for charities.
Khanya College’s curriculum was quite different from the one taught at other universities of the time. Its students studied oral African literature and history alongside Western literature.
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Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of political socialization, Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Professor and Director, International Centre for Higher Education Management, School of Management, University of Bath
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Aarhus University
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Deputy Director at CIRCLE, Tufts University
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Former Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Leicester
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Associate professor in Science Education, University of Copenhagen
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Associate Professor in Critical Media Studies, University of Calgary
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
