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Who is Donald Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Donald Trump?

...system they feel has failed them, turned to “the Donald” as the saviour who “speaks their language”. Both these stories have been told many times over. But one aspect of the Trump phenomenon remains a puzzle. This is not about who Trump is, or who his voters are: the questions is what he is. Everyone seems to agree that Trump isn’t a politician in the true...
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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
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What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...systemic crises of capitalism, such as environmental degradation and the alarming growth in poverty and inequality within nation-states. As a result of this failure, powerful economic elites came to completely control politics through lobbying and corruption. In the US the so called political establishment, expressed in the shape of Democrat candidate Hilary Clinton,...
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...systems in countries where the charity works. “Wherever we’re working, we’re never working in a vacuum,” she told me. “We generally try to cooperate and work with ministries of health – share our information so it can feed into the bigger picture the ministry is responsible for providing. And we cooperate in that with other medical organisations.” Hawkins...
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Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
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Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...Systems (GIS) to create a map divided into differently shaded areas that indicate the number of such features within them. However as well as quantifying the landscape in this way, the section also attempts to document its ‘special and evocative qualities’. Similarly, the ‘landscape areas’ section of the toolkit seeks to quantify land use and structural...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...system. Poor spelling isn’t even, to paraphrase, unpresidented. In fact, Trump shares the trait with his political hero, Andrew Jackson. In 1833, Harvard University decided to give Jackson an honorary doctorate; one of their alumni, John Quincy Adams (who happened to have lost the presidency to Jackson five years earlier) boycotted the ceremony, saying that it was a...
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Politics, knowledge and social change during the COVID-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Politics, knowledge and social change during the COVID-19 pandemic

...system-wide changes. This question of scaling-up is crucial. While ‘capacity’ is a slippery thing to nail down, one core facet is education and knowledge exchange. It is here that open and distance learning has a powerful role to play. The UN’s high-level forum on monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals recently spoke of e-learning as a...
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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...system. The IOCs also find themselves burdened with “stranded assets” – fossil fuel deposits that cannot be exploited if international agreements on limiting greenhouse gas emissions are going to be fulfilled. The demise of the oil majors has been predicted before, yet the companies live on. Despite recent setbacks, they are still financially powerful, with...
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15 facts about number 15
Education & Development

15 facts about number 15

...system. 7: A fifteenth wedding anniversary is called a crystal anniversary [A clear crystal] But is a crystal a rock? Crystals, rocks and minerals are three different materials. You can find out more in our Geology Toolkit, which includes a geology timeline, rock analyser, rock cycle, landscape features and safety tips. 8: Fifteen to One had a reputation for being one of...
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