Country: Sudan Source: World Food Programme WFP has had to temporarily suspend food assistance in parts of Gezira State, affecting 800,000 people. Crop yields have been impacted. The situation is dire, with 18M people acutely food insecure.

Nearly seven years after first announcing its intent to criminally prosecute employers and individuals for anticompetitive conduct in labor markets, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or Division) voluntarily dismissed its last remaining criminal prosecution for alleged “no-poach” agreements, seemingly marking the end of the Division’s four-year odyssey to […]

Hybrid Event: January 8, 2023 at 8:30am-9:45am EST/ 4:30pm-5:45pm EAT. During this hybrid book launch, speakers from academia, Kenyan research institutes, policy institutions, and CGIAR will discuss the new book Food System Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future. A light reception will follow […]

Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival Returns for Its Seventh Year Country United States agnes Thu, 12/21/2023 – 09:36 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey) The Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival held its annual celebration of Indigenous film in Richmond, Virginia, from November 17-19, 2023, amplifying the […]

With the 31 December 2023 effective date for the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (Ordinance) rapidly approaching, the Chicago City Council passed an amendment on 14 December 2023 (Amendment), which delays the effective date of most provisions of the Ordinance until 1 July 2024. As […]