Category Archives: Property
Summit of the Americas: Biden’s attempt to unite the region on migration gets off to a shaky start
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The ninth Summit of the Americas, hosted by the Joe Biden in Los Angeles from June 6 to 10, was overshadowed by US president’s decision not to invite the presidents of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. The reason given…
The witch treatment: What Dr. Strange’s Wanda tells us about representations of female anger
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The visual effects in Marvel’s Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness don’t disappoint, but the treatment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) lead female villain does. Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) hasn’t been given much positive character development….
Grenfell Tower: finally, the worst type of cladding is to be banned, five years on
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls…
Woodward and Bernstein didn’t bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In their dogged reporting of the Watergate scandal, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the crimes that forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency in August 1974. That version of Watergate has long dominated popular…
Social assistance cuts are contributing to high rates of HIV, syphilis in Saskatchewan
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The province of Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With new changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse. Saskatchewan has the highest rate of HIV in Canada,…
5 things to know about the Fed’s biggest interest rate increase since 1994 and how it will affect you
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Federal Reserve on June 15, 2022, lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, the third hike this year and the largest since 1994. The move is aimed at countering the fastest pace of inflation in over 40…
If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. If you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough in winter. That figure is likely to soar this year, due to poor quality housing…
The last two recessions hit young people hardest – here’s how you can protect yourself for the next one
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. After the pandemic and now a cost of living crisis, it seems unthinkable that the economic situation could get worse. But experts are pretty certain that the UK economy will flatline in 2023, and some are even murmuring…
Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In Tennessee, a proposed law would let public school teachers refuse to call transgender students by the pronouns they use for themselves. At Shawnee State University – a public university in Ohio – a professor got paid US$400,000…
how experts pick goods to track price changes and what it says about UK consumers
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. For the first time in several generations, inflation is a concern for people in the UK. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9% in the year to April 2022, the highest 12-month inflation rate since reliable records…