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April 17, 2023

Women and Women's Rights
Glass Ceiling Index: Not Yet Shattered

Over its decade of tracking women’s progress in the workforce, the Economist’s Glass Ceiling Index has registered very little improvement, as gendered structural barriers endure.

Women protest holding a blue sign reading "Women's Wave"

March 27, 2024

United States
Modernizing the Federal Student Loan Experience

President Biden wants to modernize the federal student loan system. The U.S. Postal Service and Affordable Care Act can show him how.

Education

March 29, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Are Republicans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Many Republicans have lost faith in their party’s traditional embrace of internationalism.

Sunset

April 5, 2024

Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: April 5, 2024

DeSantis signs teen social restrictions into law; CRSB releases report on Microsoft hack; report claims Meta and Google promote health disinformation; OpenAI discloses voice engine model; Google will…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs five state house bills into law after giving a press conference at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa, Florida on May 17, 2023.

November 27, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is the Africa Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Simon Fremantle has written a thoughtful analysis on whether the Africa glass is half full or half empty. He argues persuasively that this is the wrong question. A binary discussion between the “Afro…

Early morning smog hangs over Cape Town, the product of smoke and fumes from fires, factories and automobiles 03/08/2003.

November 19, 2019

Democracy
The Glass Ceiling for Women in Political Leadership: Data Confirm Gaps in Women’s Representation

Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development, diplomacy and security challenges. This post is author…

Deputies attend the first session of parliament following a general election in Madrid, Spain, May 21, 2019.