The Economics of Power
Increasing economic inequality is not just about changes in the workforce. K. Sabeel Rahman explains why it is also about a shift in the ba
The Wider Message of Robo ScarJo
Bad news for those who thought a creepy celebrity-look-alike robot wouldn’t have wide-ranging legal and ethical implications.
This Is Sweden Calling
Read what one Swede thinks of her country’s new number (international rates do not apply).
Warning: Respectability Politics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Veronica Womack writes about a belief that might literally be making Black Americans sick.
Where Are the Girls?
And why, asks Jane Greenway Carr, aren’t more in positions of political and pecuniary power?
A Conversation with the Next Candidates for the UN Secretary General
The post of United Nations Secretary-General is said to be the world’s most impossible job. But it is also one of the most important.
In-Person
Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
Digital Victory! Email Privacy Act Moves Forward with Historic Committee Vote
Today the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved H.R. 699, The Email Privacy Act, and sent it to the House floor for consideration.
Federal Source Code Policy engages Open Source Community
Last month, the White House proposed a Federal Source Code Policy, and invited public comment via Github and traditional channels. Although
Holy Lands
Today the Middle East is torn apart by sectarian wars. Yet in the nineteenth century, the Middle East was more tolerant than Western Europe.
In-Person
New America
740 15th Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005
Launching ARPA-ED for Higher Ed
With the explosion of new education technologies on campuses, why hasn’t the case for ARPA-ED for higher education been widely put forth?