Scottish Elections and the Question of Independence
The question of Scottish independence continues to evolve as the U.K. sees new political dynamics, the oil question ferments, and Scottish people reconsider their role within Europe.
2025-2026 Issue IV
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Collectors, Custodians, or Thieves?: The Repatriation of Cultural Heritage and The Remaking of the Modern Museum
Across Europe and North America, millions of cultural artefacts remain housed in museums far from the communities they originated from. As repatriation efforts expand, debates over ownership, colonial history, and the role of museums are shifting beyond legal questions alone, raising broader issues of cultural preservation, accountability, and institutional reform.
La Sangre de Los Ángeles: Testimony of MS-13 and Transnational Gang Violence from El Salvador to Los Angeles
When Orbelina fled El Salvador’s civil war for Los Angeles in 1985, she believed she was escaping violence. Instead, across generations of her family, she witnessed the same patterns of disappearance, gang violence, and impunity reemerge as MS-13 grew from a neighbourhood gang into a transnational symbol of violence and belonging.
She Never Came Home: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children
Since 2022, thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred from occupied territories into Russia that officials describe as humanitarian evacuation but investigators increasingly characterize as abduction and forced assimiliation.
Dashing for Dollars: How the Gig Economy Leaves Workers Paying the Price
Bryan Banducci / The New York Times In the Metro Detroit suburbs, on a morning in 2020 he can no longer place, Omar Zahran accepted a DoorDash order for a box of donuts from Krispy Kreme. The drive was roughly…
Belonging Without Power: Palestinians in Jordan
Charly Triballeau / Al-Monitor On the southwest side of Chicago, there is a stretch of shops and restaurants that locals recognize as “Little Palestine.” It is the place where geopolitics quickly turns personal. A seemingly average street transforms into conversations…
Between Settlement and Emergency: The Post-2022 Ukrainian Diaspora
The interaction of the Ukrainian diaspora, the Church, and the Russian-Ukrainian War.
Undressed by Algorithm: How Grok Exposed the Legal Vacuum Around AI Sexual Abuse
A user types a single word: “Undress.” Within seconds, Grok, the artificial intelligence tool built by Elon Musk’s xAI and hosted on X, generates a sexualized image of a real woman. She consents to nothing. She does not even know it is happening. The image spreads.
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