American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
In May 1918, in Brooks County, Georgia, Hayes Turner, a black farm labourer, was lynched by a white mob seeking vengeance for the death of Hampton Smith, a white farmer and racist. The fact that...

In May 1918, in Brooks County, Georgia, Hayes Turner, a black farm labourer, was lynched by a white mob seeking vengeance for the death of Hampton Smith, a white farmer and racist. The fact that...

Most activists and commentators feel glumly pessimistic because of the lack of progress in climate change negotiations. In the meantime, global carbon emissions continue and even rise, atmospheric...

Deborah Bowman praises a compassionate and informed look at paediatric ethics

The US higher education system is massive but pyramidal. Almost anyone can go to college, but only a few can attend the nation’s best institutions. And just like in other countries with highly...

This new century has seen an explosion in communication technologies among consumers worldwide. But according to Nathan Roger, the true import of this revolution has yet to be fully understood by...

Spending on defence research and development in the UK has declined by 57 per cent since 1989, data from the Office for National Statistics show.Figures in the ONS statistical bulletin UK Gross...

Spending on defence research and development in the UK has declined by 57 per cent since 1989, data from the Office for National Statistics show.


Dean looks to humanities future after Hefce funding renewal

United StatesWell-funded Korea move for UtahA US university’s trustees have approved a plan to open a branch campus in South Korea. With the support of subsidies from the South Korean government, the...

Widening accessExtended pathways to lawA programme to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to become lawyers is being extended thanks to a £1.2 million grant from a charitable foundation...

Ex-president of British Sociological Association argues for renewal of disciplines

These are just two of the plant samples, now held by the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University in Sweden, that Carl Peter Thunberg brought back from his pioneering expedition to Japan in 1775.

Source: Dominic StaffordShrinking resourceAbout half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grassland has been lost in a decade, university research suggests. According to scientists at the University of...

British Council discussions are under way, reports Donna Bowater from Rio de Janeiro