The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a worker-led union dedicated to direct action, workplace democracy, and industrial unionism.

“Closure-at-first-sight” refers to the ability to know how a relationship will end upon meeting someone for the first time.

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are certificates that represent one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity generated from a renewable energy source. Companies automatically receive RECs by government agencies that track energy production.

RECs can be sold and bought. When a buyer purchases a REC, they are not purchasing the energy itself. Rather, they are purchasing the right to claim that they have produced one MWh of renewable energy. RECs are often purchased by companies, governments, and other entities in order to meet legislative requirements on sustainability.

eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, the population of which is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis. The government of eSwatini is an absolute monarchy, the last of its kind in Africa, and has been ruled by King Mswati III since 1986. Elections are held every five years to determine the House of Assembly and the Senate majority. However, the eSwatini constitution effectively bans political parties; only individuals can stand for election.

According to third-party polling, nearly half of eSwatini’s population would prefer democracy as their form of governance, and 59 percent of Swazis want the ban on political parties to be lifted. Since pro-democracy demonstrations began in 2021, the government of eSwatini has intensified its clampdown on dissenting views by arresting government critics, interfering with peaceful assembly, and resisting calls for democratic reforms.

The People’s United Democratic Political Movement (PUDEMO) is a pro-democracy group in eSwatini. PUDEMO declines to participate in elections on an individual basis, citing political interference by the king. Other pro-democracy groups, such as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have declined to participate in elections for similar reasons.

The problem of evil is the problem of how to reconcile belief in an omnibenevolent God with the observation of terrible evils in the world. "Theodicies" are potential solutions to the problem of evil proposed by religious scholars in defense of the plausibility of an omnibenevolent God.