Carceral feminism aims to address gender inequality by using the criminal justice system to incarcerate and punish perpetrators of gender-based violence, such as domestic violence or sexual assault. For example, carceral feminists advocate for stricter sentencing laws and harsher punishment for gender-based violence, as well as increased funding and expansion of the justice and police system to handle these cases.

On July 26, 2023, the democratically elected government of Niger was toppled by a military coup headed by General Tchiani. In response, the Economic Community of West African States threatened to militarily intervene in the country if the coup did not reinstate the democratic government by August 6th. The deadline has since passed, yet the coup shows no signs of returning power to the democratic government.

Transactional relationships are a type of romantic relationship where the primary purpose to both parties is to extract some kind of utilitarian value (e.g. convenience of shared housing, financial viability, etc.) with explicit obligations and conditions negotiated by the parties. Non-transactional relationships are romantic relationships where both parties believe that the relationship primarily serves to provide some sort of intrinsic nonutilitarian value.

For the purposes of this debate, loan conditions refer to specific policies or reforms a government must undertake in order to borrow money

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a type of hypothetical artificial intelligence that could theoretically perform any task at a human or super-human level

A wealth cap is a maximum legal limit to the amount of total wealth an individual can hold in any form. All additional wealth earned beyond the cap would automatically be taxed and withheld.

financial aid is any form of educational funding that is given to students (e.g. subsidies, scholarships, stipends)