ϲʿ News - United States /channels/news_feeds/all/term/United%20States/rss en Closure of Roxham Road | La Presse /channels/channels/news/closure-roxham-road-la-presse-347397 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 28, 2023 | In recent years, tens of thousands of migrants have entered Canada via Roxham Road in the hope of finding a better life. However, this tolerated system is now a thing of the past. What does the sudden closure of this controversial crossing mean?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Canadian%20Border%20?itok=l1zdrI4e" width="160" height="109" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:38:44 +0000 webfull 188606 at /channels At Roxham Road, migrants reach uncertain end to harrowing journeys | Global News /channels/channels/news/roxham-road-migrants-reach-uncertain-end-harrowing-journeys-global-news-347396 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 23, 2023, | A group of migrants was caught by an RCMP officer at a small, unofficial border crossing at Roxhan Road separating Quebec and New York state. This incident seems to occur many times a day at Roxhan Road, which has become an ever-growing migration crisis facing North America.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Pearl%20Eliadis%20Interview?itok=gu9le6Cc" width="160" height="98" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:24:25 +0000 webfull 188605 at /channels Experts: Canada and U.S. reach border deal on irregular migrants /channels/channels/news/experts-canada-and-us-reach-border-deal-irregular-migrants-347287 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Trudeau government has reached a long-discussed deal with the United States on irregular migration which will allow Ottawa to close the Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. The deal would close a loophole in the agreement, which came into force in 2004 and currently prevents Canadian law enforcement from turning back asylum seekers who enter Canada from the United States at border locations that are not official ports of entry. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deal-roxham-road-migrants-biden-trudeau-1.6788358">CBC News</a>)</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1381683566.jpg?itok=UE6JaEYr" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:57:20 +0000 webfull 188490 at /channels Justin Trudeau needs to assure Joe Biden about Canada’s commitment to security | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/justin-trudeau-needs-assure-joe-biden-about-canadas-commitment-security-globe-and-mail-347211 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 21, 2023 | <span>Joe Biden will make his first trip to Ottawa as U.S. President on Thursday, where Biden wants to focus on security. The U.S. intelligence community recently warned that great-power competition will shape the global order for decades to come. In this more contested and volatile worlds, the U.S is looking for allies for support. </span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Vincent%20Rigby%20article%20on%20security?itok=-HpFAbh4" width="160" height="200" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:19:13 +0000 webfull 188439 at /channels David Shribman: the wounds of Vietnam still haven't healed | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/david-shribman-wounds-vietnam-still-havent-healed-globe-and-mail-345771 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>January 27, 2022 | While reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war<a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman"> David Shribman</a> said " It is the wound that will not heal, the heartbreak that will not end. Mostly, it is the haunting questions that have no answers." Although the Vietnam War ended formally 50 years ago but he claimed that in some ways it is still being fought in the United States, not by soldiers but by veterans, scholars and politicians. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/vietnam_war_memorial-_david_shribman.jpg?itok=G7Shp_YY" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:27 +0000 webfull 186864 at /channels Expert: Kevin McCarthy offers deal to end Republican deadlock over Speaker vote /channels/channels/news/expert-kevin-mccarthy-offers-deal-end-republican-deadlock-over-speaker-vote-344759 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House Speaker have begun to emerge after three grueling days and 11 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a century. Republicans are trying to elect their new House Speaker — this time, against the backdrop of the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mike-mccarthy-republican-speaker-house-congress-1.6705575">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from ϲʿ that can provide comment on this issue:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1154438278_1.jpg?itok=ZnJnaiaH" width="160" height="104" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:50:21 +0000 webfull 185833 at /channels Experts: Russia's invasion of Ukraine /channels/channels/news/experts-russias-invasion-ukraine-336610 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Here are some experts from ϲʿ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p><a href="#climate">Climate implications</a> | <a href="#disinformation">Disinformation</a> | <a href="#economic_policy">Economic sanctions</a> | <a href="#canadian_policy">Foreign policy</a> | <a href="#supply_chain">Investments and supply chains</a> | <a href="#politics_eastern_europe">Russian and Ukrainian politics</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1387832686.jpg?itok=qbDsANWX" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:17:12 +0000 webfull 185050 at /channels Embracing "Strategic Clarity" on Taiwan | It was always burning /channels/channels/news/embracing-strategic-clarity-taiwan-it-was-always-burning-343460 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>November 11, 2022 | In the face of an increasingly bellicose China buttressed by its mighty economic and military strengths, Washington’s “strategic ambiguity” has become insufficient to pre-empt China’s ambitions. A shift towards "strategic clarity" could pave the way to deter Chinese aggression in the region, provided it remains subtle and is carefully managed, Pangying Peng says. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Strategic%20Clarity%20on%20Taiwan?itok=f4YpvRvY" width="160" height="79" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:34:40 +0000 webfull 184424 at /channels Child marriages violating statutory rape laws in many U.S. states /channels/channels/news/child-marriages-violating-statutory-rape-laws-many-us-states-337728 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage, according to researchers from ϲʿ.</p> <p>Their findings, published in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X21005528"><i>Journal of Adolescent Health</i></a>, show that child marriages violated statutory rape laws in 14 states.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sad-teen.jpg?itok=3jN2Nyc4" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:48:57 +0000 webfull 178034 at /channels Andrew Potter: Self Help for Partisans | The Line /channels/channels/news/andrew-potter-self-help-partisans-line-337359 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>February 1, 2022 | Many Canadians look to the state of politics in America and feel better about our own politics. But is "Canadian exceptionalism" a delusion? <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/andrew-potter">Andrew Potter</a> outlines three principles or guidelines that may provide a reality check.</p> <p><a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/andrew-potter-self-help-for-partisans">Read the article</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/https-bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-public-images-a4ba76f3-e453-47f9-8cd4-8c9d253a6bfa_1000x667.jpeg?itok=8__dfrkk" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:20:42 +0000 webfull 177563 at /channels