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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 3, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Governing Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Kent Walker
Kat Duffy moderated a private dialogue on AI and human rights with Google’s Kent Walker and heads of human rights organizations on the sidelines of UNGA. This follow-up conversation reflects some the…
August 28, 2015
United States
Scott Walker’s Foreign Policy Speech
Gov. Scott Walker gave a major foreign policy speech today at The Citadel, and it contained some points worth noting. I’ll skip over some of the rhetoric and the criticism of Clinton and Obama, which…
February 12, 2019
Election 2020
Meet Andrew Yang, Democratic Presidential Candidate
Update: Andrew Yang announced on February 11, 2020, that he was ending his campaign. Chances are you haven’t heard of Andrew Yang even though he’s been running for president for more than a year n…
July 28, 2020
South Africa
Andrew Mlangeni, Mandela Ally and Anti-Apartheid Hero, Dies in South Africa
Andrew Mlangeni was the last living defendant of the 1963 Rivonia trial, which resulted in the sentencing of Andrew and ten others, among them, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and, most famously, Nelson Mandela.
February 13, 2015
Education
Scott Walker's Risky College Experiment
Since 2000, the percent of state budgets devoted to higher education has fallen from 13 percent to 9.5 percent. This decline in funding has strained public university finances, reduced pay for many p…
