Independent Analysis and Reportage
The reluctance to use written legal documentation isn’t primarily rooted in Confucian values, as scholars have commonly argued. It’s a response to structural inequality.
The bigger movement in the data over the past quarter-century is at the other end of the age spectrum: A reliable base of older Conservative Party voters is largely gone.
New research suggests seeing singlehood as an opportunity for growth can help people embrace new experiences and feel better about being single.
There is something apocalyptic in this performance.
The security of politicians has increasingly been in the spotlight.
The government has fast-tracked approval for a data centre at the site of a historic brewery in east London.
An incomplete peace agreement has become a useful political tool to the Ethiopian government, the TPLF and Eritrea.
The Rwandan case demonstrates the potential to use pension fund assets for strategic investments in the national economy.
After topping a record US$40 trillion, US national debt looks set to climb further.
An adult can read at a fifth grade level and still be a productive employee or caregiver who navigates practical life with competence.
Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.
Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.