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Oct 17, 2018

How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experience

by Andre M. Perry Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published in The Hechinger Report. “I started to work side jobs in college to earn extra money; now all I have are side hustles,” said 31-year-old ride-hailing driver Andrea as she whisked me to the Chicago O’Hare airport. Andrea, who…

Education

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How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experience
How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experience

Oct 11, 2018

Teachers can empower girls through sex education in Uganda

By: Christine Apiot Okudi Uganda recently launched the National Sexuality Education Framework 2018, which aims to provide formal, national direction for sex education within Uganda’s schools. …

Sex Education

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Teachers can empower girls through sex education in Uganda
Teachers can empower girls through sex education in Uganda

Oct 9, 2018

Big tech’s role in regional inequality

By: Mark Muro and Robert Maxim Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in US News & World Report. It’s time to recognize big tech’s involvement in the widening gap between booming coastal tech hubs and smaller heartland cities. Big tech companies have been blamed for many things lately. Whether it…

Technology

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Big tech’s role in regional inequality
Big tech’s role in regional inequality

Oct 5, 2018

Why it’s time to end the tit-for-tat tariffs in the US-China trade war

By: David Dollar and Peter A. Petri Fresh from reworking U.S. trade agreements with North American partners, the European Union, and South Korea, the Trump administration is focusing on its biggest trade irritant, China. …

Trade

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Why it’s time to end the tit-for-tat tariffs in the US-China trade war
Why it’s time to end the tit-for-tat tariffs in the US-China trade war

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·Oct 3, 2018

We need a safety net that protects low-wage workers

By Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach — The economy is back to health after a drawn-out recovery from the Great Recession. Today the unemployment rate is less than 4 percent, and more people are rejoining the labor force. Unfortunately, despite recent progress, the U.S. …

Economics

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We need a safety net that protects low-wage workers
We need a safety net that protects low-wage workers

Sep 27, 2018

Kavanaugh, Murkowski, and the role of Alaska Native voters

By: Christine Stenglein and John Hudak Eventually, the increasingly fraught Supreme Court nomination process for Brett Kavanaugh will come down to a vote in the Senate where the close split between Democrats and Republicans means that the Republicans have very few votes to spare. Among the Republican Senators who have…

Politics

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Kavanaugh, Murkowski, and the role of Alaska Native voters
Kavanaugh, Murkowski, and the role of Alaska Native voters

Sep 19, 2018

Protecting second chances for the formerly incarcerated in the age of facial recognition

By: Nila Bala and Lars Trautman Computers are once again learning something that humans have long understood: Putting a name to a face can be an elusive endeavor. Indeed, as facial recognition software is added to everything from iPhones to airport security, the problems that flawed technology could cause in…

Privacy

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Protecting second chances for the formerly incarcerated in the age of facial recognition
Protecting second chances for the formerly incarcerated in the age of facial recognition

Sep 18, 2018

Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in America

By: Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla Entrepreneurship — and the creative ingenuity often associated with it — is critical to regional economies. Yet, America’s startup rate has been in long-term decline, and pockets of business dynamism remain limited to a small group of geographic areas. Dynamic economies demonstrate the business…

Startup

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Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in America
Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in America

Sep 17, 2018

Income data from the Census may not tell the full story on middle-class trends

By: Gary Burtless and Christopher Pulliam The Census Bureau published its annual report on household income and poverty on Wednesday. The report uses the latest data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a nationally representative survey that has tracked household incomes since shortly after World War II. This year’s report…

Economics

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Income data from the Census may not tell the full story on middle-class trends
Income data from the Census may not tell the full story on middle-class trends

Sep 13, 2018

The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reach

By: Martin S. Indyk Editor’s Note: Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords were signed, writes Martin Indyk, the quest for that Holy Grail of Middle East peace never seems to end. It just reinvents itself. This piece originally appeared in The Atlantic. In the annals of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it…

Israel

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The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reach
The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reach
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