
Forced labour in West African cybercrime academies: how fear traps young men
Understanding what drives recruitment into these academies is not a defence of fraud. It is a precondition for dismantling it.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

Understanding what drives recruitment into these academies is not a defence of fraud. It is a precondition for dismantling it.

A new skills report reveals how we can future-proof the UK’s creative industries.

Access to global markets will continue to decrease if the disease is not brought under control.

Dina escaped from slavery and sold pepper pot stew on the streets of Philadelphia, while her enslaver tried to recapture her.

The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.

China’s national government policies on energy and economic development are changing pastoral life on the Tibetan Plateau.

Iran’s team faces a hostile reception from the US government and some of its brethren in the diaspora. Yet others hope the event will trump politics — for now.

Listen to football historian John Sloop trace the history of soccer in the US on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.

Parents who hire their own kids often skip the safety conversations they’d have with any other new employee. But that assumption can put young workers in danger.

Delivering on Ottawa’s AI for All strategy will require governments to build wraparound supports for workers, businesses and communities.

As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.