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1 day ago | theconversation.com | Elena Sanz |Carissa Véliz

Asegura Carissa Véliz (Reino Unido) que aprende lo indecible en las conversaciones con sus estudiantes de la Universidad de Oxford, con los que habla del valor de lo analógico, de las relaciones personales, de qué hace que una vida sea buena… Está convencida de que solo protegiendo la privacidad podemos mantener a salvo la democracia. Y le preocupa que muchos jóvenes, acostumbrados a crecer sin ella, no se den cuenta de las implicaciones que su ausencia puede tener para su futuro.

2 days ago | theconversation.com | Alex Schwartz |Kirk McClure

If there’s one thing that U.S. politicians and activists from across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that rents are far too high. Many experts believe that this crisis is fueled by a shortage of housing, caused principally by restrictive regulations. Rents and home prices would fall, the argument goes, if rules such as minimum lot- and house-size requirements and prohibitions against apartment complexes were relaxed. This, in turn, would make it easier to build more housing.

2 days ago | theconversation.com | Lucas Walsh

On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare in the numbers of Australians starting a university degree. In 2024, there was a 3.7% increase in Australian students starting a degree, compared to the year before. This follows Clare’s ambition to see more Australians with a tertiary qualification. The federal government wants 80% of workers to have a TAFE or university qualification by by 2050, up from the current 60%.

3 days ago | theconversation.com | John Curtice

The outcome of last year’s general election left an important question hanging in the air. Could the UK’s traditional system of two-party politics continue to survive? True, power did change hands in a familiar fashion. A majority Conservative government was replaced by a majority Labour one. Indeed, the new administration won an overall majority of no less than 174. However, the new government was elected with a lower share of the vote than that secured by any previous majority government.

3 days ago | theconversation.com | Denis Muller

Broadcast journalist Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for her political opinions concerning the war in Gaza, the Federal Court has found. Lattouf has been awarded $70,000 in damages for non-economic loss, based on findings that her sacking caused her what the judge called “great distress”. Justice Darryl Rangiah said this was obvious from her demeanour in the witness box.