by Jaclyn Corbo | Apr 21, 2022 | All, Europe, European Union, Financial, North America
Money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) in the art market is a hot, new topic for governments around the world, specifically the US, United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU). Why? The art market is a largely underregulated, highly profitable...
by Ethan Syster | Apr 19, 2022 | Africa, All, Financial, Healthcare, North America
(image link) The International Monetary Fund’s (“IMF”) current loan programs to support low-income countries (“LICs”) are simply Structural Adjustment Programs (“SAPs”) disguised under new names. These programs, created in response to staunch criticism of the...
by Mary Ameringer | Apr 15, 2022 | Asia, China, History, North America, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Bao Bao during her public debut at the National Zoo in 2013. Her birth appeared on the zoo’s live panda cam and generated a surge in viewership that crashed the site. Is there something more to these beloved bears than munching on bamboo and bumbling around? April 16,...
by Elizabeth Schroeder | Mar 21, 2022 | All, Comparative Law, North America, Uncategorized
A note on language: I use both “identity-first” (disabled person) and “people-first” (person with a disability) language throughout this article. People with disabilities are not a homogenous group, and different people have distinct preferences of how they would like...
by Meredith Gusky | Jan 24, 2022 | All, Asia, China, Human Rights, North America, Special Features, Sports, U.S. Foreign Policy
China is set to host the Winter Olympics, beginning on February 3, 2021. The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, as well as Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania announced a diplomatic boycott of the games. These countries will not send government officials to...
by Danielle Barnes-Smith | Sep 16, 2021 | All, Children, Human Rights, Indigenous PeoplesRights, Indigenous Rights, North America
Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. “For over a century, the central goals of Canada’s Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore...