Ukraine horrors: Without accountability, some agencies take ‘safari’ so their teams can get something to tell donors
Many Ukrainian civilians say they’re not getting enough assistance. Registration with the UN for cash aid – people are eligible for $74 a month for up to three months – has been slow. Several locals said they either register and don’t receive money, or they don’t know where or how...
Humanitarian agencies say horrors visited on Ukraine people by Russians will take long to overcome
Beneath the calmer facade of Ukraine major town and the capital Kyiv is a wake of death and destruction. Forty-six out of 69 towns and villages were impacted in the region, according to the government. In towns like Bucha and Irpin, civilians were slaughtered, their bodies left on the road;...
Ukraine aid response shifts from short-term to long-haul as humanitarian crises spiral out of control
Four months into the Russian invasion, Ukraine is facing multiple humanitarian crises on several different fronts, with local and international aid responders girding for the long haul amid the expectation that needs are only going to grow and last longer. Concentrated, brutal fighting in the east is preventing aid groups...
It’s not all white for Arsenal defender Ben as he faces still competition from sure-footed returnee Saliba
Arsenal should axe “absolutely dreadful” Ben White for William Saliba for the 2022-23 season, according to Gabriel Agbonlahor. White joined the Gunners from Brighton last season in a £52 million ($61.9 million) move and he was at the heart of their defence alongside Gabriel Magalhaes for the majority of last...
US derives its legitimacy from deciding whether legislative enactments comport with the Constitution
In the eyes of many institutionalists, the Supreme Court of the United States – or any court, for that matter – would be less legitimate if it factored public opinion into its decision-making. As former Chief Justice William Rehnquist argued in 1992, “The judicial branch derives its legitimacy, not from...
US abortion rights nullification kicked up a storm over civil liberties and legitimacy of the Supreme Court itself
In a scathing joint dissent, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer declared that the nullification of the constitutional right to abortion last week was a catastrophic decision not just for American civil liberties, but also for the legitimacy of the court itself. “In overruling Roe and...
