Reviving the Feminine Path: Three Indigenous Youth Fellows Safeguard Traditional Knowledge in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador Country Global agnes Mon, 03/23/2026 – 17:13 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Kelaia Acevedo (CS Intern) Before modern medicine imposed its standards for defining health, well-being, and healing, Indigenous […]

Overview On 20 March 2026, the White House released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (the Framework), together with companion legislative recommendations, marking the Administration’s next major step following President Donald Trump’s December 2025 executive order limiting state authority to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). Taken together, the Framework and […]

By the time the auction begins at Nangurukuru fish market in Tanzania’s southern Lindi region, the crisis is already visible. Wooden canoes that once returned from the Rufiji River with heavy catches now bring only a fraction of what they used to. Traders scan for the long-whiskered catfish that once […]

IN A NUTSHELL 🌱 How technology is driving sustainability innovations: advanced tools like AI, ML and digital twins are being used to optimise energy use, forecast climate risks and validate low-carbon strategies, making decarbonisation both practical and measurable. ⚡ Companies are turning tech into tangible emissions cuts — for example, […]

Amplifying Namakhoen Voices from the Kgalagadi Desert in Botswana Country Botswana agnes Mon, 03/23/2026 – 10:01 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Nichodimas Cooper (Nama, CS Journalism Fellow) In 2025, as a Botswana-based heritage advocate and documentary storyteller, I was selected […]

Progress or Digital Colonization? AI Data Centers Spark Debate on Native Lands Country United States agnes Sun, 03/22/2026 – 12:07 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image Reposted from Crushing Colonialism By Jen Deerinwater (Cherokee) and Jesse Deer In Water (Cherokee) The recent explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers […]

Heightened geopolitical tensions across the Gulf region continue to create uncertainty for businesses operating in, or contracting with counterparties in, the Middle East. Key concerns include the potential disruption of shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, oil price volatility, supply-chain interruption, and temporary airspace closures, each of which may […]

With increased uncertainty in the US economy around tariffs and other federal policies, the historically high levels of commercial and government debt in the United States and other major economies, and continued volatility in the US and global stock markets, financial institutions, private capital providers and asset management firms are currently facing […]