Oct 17, 2018How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experienceby 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…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Oct 11, 2018Teachers can empower girls through sex education in UgandaBy: 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 Education3 min readSex Education3 min read
Oct 9, 2018Big tech’s role in regional inequalityBy: 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…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Oct 5, 2018Why it’s time to end the tit-for-tat tariffs in the US-China trade warBy: 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. …Trade8 min readTrade8 min read
Published in Biden Forum·Oct 3, 2018We need a safety net that protects low-wage workersBy 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. …Economics4 min readEconomics4 min read
Sep 27, 2018Kavanaugh, Murkowski, and the role of Alaska Native votersBy: 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…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Sep 19, 2018Protecting second chances for the formerly incarcerated in the age of facial recognitionBy: 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…Privacy4 min readPrivacy4 min read
Sep 18, 2018Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in AmericaBy: 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…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Sep 17, 2018Income data from the Census may not tell the full story on middle-class trendsBy: 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…Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
Sep 13, 2018The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reachBy: 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…Israel6 min readIsrael6 min read
