Archive for November 2025

Dr. Wade Luquet, a Professor of Social Work at Gwynedd Mercy University, recently had the honor of introducing the keynote speaker at The Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers conference. Civil rights pioneer Dr. Leona Tate… shared how her place in America’s history inspired her life of service. Above: The middle house is the childhood home of Dr. Wade Luquet, inset with Dr. Leona Tate, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, across the street from McDonogh 19 Elementary School.

Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services. Above: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales as it is deployed for duty

Conventional economics – with its reliance on GDP growth – cannot respond to the global “polycrisis”. This is the overlap between climate change, biodiversity loss, energy and food insecurity and extreme inequality – all amplified by geopolitical instability. Recent research my colleagues and I conducted shows that a “new economics” is needed in the face of these challenges. Drawing on hundreds of sources across 38 schools of thought, we distilled ten principles focused on wellbeing, justice and ecological resilience that could offer a way to rethink national economic strategies.

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may extend the lives of colon cancer patients, according to a major UC San Diego study. Patients on the medications had less than half the mortality rate of non-users. Researchers suspect the drugs’ anti-inflammatory and metabolic effects contribute to improved outcomes. They’re now calling for clinical trials to test whether these findings reflect a true anti-cancer mechanism.

This article is my personal account. I am an education researcher nearing the end of my doctoral studies at Durham University in the United Kingdom. As a transnational academic, I maintain strong connections with my home country, Vietnam, by building professional communities and sharing academic knowledge with practising teachers.

Alaska has unique challenges that differentiate it from the Lower 48, but the struggles that rural residents in particular face to access food are indicative of a larger pattern across the country. The lack of investment in the social safety net on the federal and state levels will have consequences for all low-income Americans, but especially those in states like Alaska that are already struggling to successfully administer benefits. Above: Like many communities in Alaska, Unalakleet—completely disconnected from the state’s road system—is only accessible by plane.