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Center for Public Integrity: TPS Cancellations in the US

Susan Ferriss May 8, 2018
Since 1990, the United States could grant temporary protected status for citizens of select countries with challenging conditions including conflict or disasters that prevented safe return. The Trump administration has announced an end of this protected status for citizens of Honduras as of January 2020 and Nepal as of June 2019. The limited status was granted to Hondurans after a 1998 hurricane...

The Guardian: US Urges North Korea on “Irreversible” Steps to Denuclearization

Ed Pilkington May 7, 2018
Donald Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton expects North Korea to show “concrete and tangible evidence” on denuclearization prior to any formal easing of sanctions and political pressure on the state. With planning underway for a summit between Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un, Bolton confirmed that Pyongyang’s commitment to total and “irreversible” denuclearization was...

New York Times: The Villain Behind a New Gilded Age

Eric Posner and Glen Weyl May 2, 2018
Consolidated power among corporations, more so than the forces of globalization or technology, has reinforced inequality, fueled populism and reduced support for democracy. “In the past two decades, growth rates in the United States have fallen to half of what they were in the middle of the 20th century,” note authors Eric Posner and Glen Weyl for the New York Times. “The share of income accruing...

Project Syndicate: Why We Need Globalization

Koichi Hamada May 2, 2018
Open economies with active trade, immigration and foreign investment have historically enjoyed prosperity, and “globalization does not deserve voters’ ire,” argues Koichi Hamada for Project Syndicate. Competition does harm some communities and individuals, but governments can target policies that encourage economic security, job training and adaptation. “Yet such countervailing policies are...

Financial Times: AI Arms Race

Louise Lucas and Richard Waters May 1, 2018
With algorithms increasingly controlling large systems, China and the United States compete to lead in big-data advances expected to contribute to prowess in technology, finance and national security. Leaders in the industry have access to advanced algorithms, specialized computing hardware and streams of reliable data. Startups in both nations develop technologies around facial recognition,...

Guardian: Wealth of Our Collective Data

Chris Hughes April 28, 2018
Individuals constantly produce and share data. “We share all this data about ourselves because we like the services these companies provide, and business leaders tell us we must to make it possible for those services to be cheap or free,” explains Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder, for the Guardian. Shareholders of tech and other firms benefited, and the profits add incentives for less data...

Forbes: Lifelong Learning Matters

Lynne Doughtie April 26, 2018
To compete in a global and digital economy, workers cannot afford to stop educating themselves. Technological advancements like artificial intelligence disrupt economies, and businesses struggle to recruit skilled employees. “Part of the problem is that many workers are struggling to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by technological disruption,” explains Lynne Doughtie, CEO of KPMG,...