The beat Composition of Northern Irish police force a threat to peace? Journalist Susan McKay writes that a crisis is brewing in the Northern Ireland police force. She argues that impartial policing is central to …
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A recent article in Nature concludes that the climate is changing faster than previously realised, placing the aspirational Paris Agreement limit of 1.5°C of warming at risk of being surpassed in a little over a …
The beat Losing the war on drugs Ten years after it was adopted, the United Nations Political Declaration and Plan of Action on illicit drugs has failed to reduce demand and production despite global efforts …
The beat Compromised cases The Massachusetts Supreme Court has dismissed thousands of drug convictions because of misconduct by a state chemist and two assistant attorneys-general. In 2014, Sonja Farak, a chemist at the Massachusetts State …
The beat US state finds thousands of untested sexual assault kits Officials in Washington state have identified a backlog of more than 6,000 untested sexual assault kits, the oldest dating back to 1982. The state-wide …