“Australia’s New South Wales police have disproportionately targeted Aboriginal children under a repeat offender monitoring scheme, a report has said. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) looked into the cases of 429 children in 2016-18 under the Suspect Target Management Plan (STMP). It found that 72% of the children, aged Read more…
May 2020 Prescribed Title #5 is focused on whether a particular situation can be understood with one theory or if multiple theories are required since every single theory has limitations. A constitution is a legal document and in theory it can be completely understood from a legal perspective (i.e. a Read more…
“Manasi Joshi had just begun a career as a software engineer, when what should have been a routine commute to work ended in a tragic accident. But this moment of horror changed her life in a surprisingly positive way.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51147071. Years after her accident Joshi became a champion badminton player. Read more…
CBC Headline: “#MeToo movement has been a ‘net positive’ in Canadian workplaces” “High-profile sexual harassment cases have spurred Canadian employers to do more to prevent abuse in workplaces, but there’s still a long way to go, experts say.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/metoo-weinstein-canadian-workplaces-1.5439147 There are many RLEs in the MeToo movement with a direct Read more…
“The man leading protests accusing Pakistan’s army of human rights abuses has been arrested for alleged criminal conspiracy and sedition. Manzoor Pashteen was taken into custody in Peshawar along with nine others from his Pashtun Protection Movement.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51262639 Manzoor Pashteen has taken a number of steps far beyond seeing “what Read more…
“Before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the United States returned to Japan land for the Washington Heights military housing area in central Tokyo. For this year’s Olympic Games, Japanese officials have again sought U.S. cooperation, saying concessions would help improve the U.S. military’s public image, which has been marred by crimes Read more…
There are a lot of way to explain the spread of coronavirus. One way to explain it is from a purely biological point of view – the biological underpinnings of how the virus grows, replicates, spreads etc. However, there are other ways to explain the coronavirus problem. Part of the Read more…
“Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory, saying its construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the area.” https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-gigafactory-germany-protests/youre-stealing-our-water-germans-protest-against-tesla-gigafactory-idUKKBN1ZH0KM?utm_source=reddit.com Many RLEs that have some disagreement / protest etc. can work well for May 2020 Read more…
“ “More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. The free app, KTCEA Elders Speak, is a product of the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority, which oversees six schools within five northern Read more…
“James Bushe had previously wanted to remain anonymous, using the pseudonym “Pilot Anthony” on Twitter to write about his battle to become a pilot. The 31-year-old said he had decided to go public to challenge the stigma which surrounds people living with HIV.” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-51066420 In this RLE the pilot went Read more…