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The Internet of Everything connects people, process, and data to tell the story of smart devices and artificially intelligent (AI) gadgets (such as the Echo, Alexa, and Google Home) which make consumers’ lives easier. But these devices and their advantages also have the downside of bringing issues related to data security and information privacy. Mobile platforms are now the most commonly used mechanism for Internet browsing.

Alison Dagnes, Professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University, shares with viewers why you should read her newest book: Super Mad at Everything All the Time. Representing the most up-to date research on political media, Super Mad at Everything All the Time compiles interviews with journalists, think tank organizers, media specialists, etc. to paint a clear picture of the contemporary media landscape. Watch our Politics in Practice YouTube Playlist Find Professor Alison Dagnes

Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, currently a Senior Rule of Law, and Justice Policy  Adviser, was Chief of Section, Asia-and the Pacific, and Programme Adviser with UN Women HQ in New York. Previously, he served UNDP as its Governance Team Leader and Human Rights and Rule of Law Adviser for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

By Louise Westmarland, author of Police Ethics: Cop Culture, Corruption and the Blue Code of Silence In 2025 7th September is the UN International Day of Police Cooperation and for the past two years, at around this time, the organisation has celebrated with an announcement about their mission. In 2024 for example, Secretary-General António Guterres issued a highly positive message, beginning with the statement that ‘Police Forces are the guardians of public safety’ (Guterres 2024).

Morna Macleod is Professor at the Autonomous Morelos State University, Mexico. Her current research interests include the continuum of violence, intersectional analysis, social movements, emotions, memory, and testimony. Natalia De Marinis is Research Professor at CIESAS, Mexico. She has worked with indigenous women since 2007 with collaborative projects on memories and the production of audiovisuals materials. She is the author of Resisting Violence - Emotional Communities in Latin America.

As an academic publisher, our content is, by nature, apolitical as we rely on systems of academic peer review to offer balanced and diverse perspectives. And yet, publishing itself can be political.

Professor Morgan Marietta, editor of Palgrave‚Äôs annual SCOTUS Decisions book series discusses the impact of recent US Supreme Court cases, predictions for the handling and outcome of future cases, how the confirmations of Justice Kavanaugh and Gorsuch will affect the future of SCOTUS and of the country, and why ordinary citizens should follow Supreme Court decisions. Be sure to check out SCOTUS 2018 and SCOTUS 2019, and look out for forthcoming volumes in the SCOTUS Decisions book series.

By Alicia Phillips and Laura Kaschny, editors of New Engagement Strategies for Energy Justice - Perspectives from the Next Generation Energy justice has evolved from an emerging concept into a foundational framework guiding the global energy transition. It aims to ensure the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of energy systems, recognising and addressing social, economic, and environmental inequalities in both decision-making and outcomes.

By Giovanni Emanuele Corazza, editor of The Cyber-Creativity Process: How Humans Co-Create with Artificial Intelligence All living species have culture, but Homo Sapiens represents the only case in which culture rapidly evolves, and it does so at an exponential pace. This fact, which has held true since paleolithic times, can be explained by our capacity to learn from the past and to use extant knowledge to creatively generate many original ideas, in a distributed fashion across societies.

Robert Ware is Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the University of Calgary and Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University, Canada and the author of Marx on Emancipation and Socialist Goals. Read Chapter 9, “Emancipatory Democracy” free until March 31. Karl Marx is widely misinterpreted and misunderstood as a socialist, but he is virtually unknown as a democrat, so his adherence to democracy is mostly subject to neglect or denial.