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Shooters for hire: What’s fuelling the Canadian increase in outsourced violence?
Shooters are becoming freelance contractors. Their target’s ideology is entirely irrelevant to them and their involvement is purely transactional.
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The National Climate Assessment is broken – appointing Matthew Wielicki to lead it won’t help
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
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Czech nonprofits applied lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Ukrainian refugee crisis – but had little say in key decisions
Researchers found that while authorities have depended on nonprofits to deal with the refugee crisis, many nonprofit leaders had little say in planning and coordination.
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New genetic approaches raise hopes for restoring the American chestnut to its former glory
By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
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Why are some animals considered ‘pests’? It comes down to culture and convenience
Calling an animal a ‘pest’ can sometimes cause more harm to people than the animal itself.
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Albanese will announce extension of “Paid Prac” at Labor national conference
Anthony Albanese will announce on Thursday the extension of the Prac Payment system in a speech given to Labor’s national conference
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Why 78 degrees isn’t the right thermostat setting for everyone during a heat wave
There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in.
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Soft plastic recycling laws have been delayed – an expert explains why
Our whole system is built to reward recyclability. But what actually matters is how much we’re manufacturing in the first place.
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How young people make their politics heard in Manchester
When Burnham was elected as Mayor, he committed to the creation of the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority.
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What the sudden demise of the UK’s department of science means for the future of research
If we want to be reminded what real damage to a science system looks like, we only need to glance across the Atlantic.
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Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods
New research maps where legal financial obligations are concentrated – and finds they overlap with poverty, violence and racial inequality.
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The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.