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‘I Can No Longer Continue to Live Here’
Jill Filipovic wrote a cover story for POLITICO about Honduras, domestic violence, and the layered factors driving Honduran women to the sou
Decolonizing PreK-12 OER: Lessons Learned at the Creative Commons Summit
Whose knowledge is present in current curriculum, in movements, and in histories? Whose isn’t?
High-Profile Immigration Arrests Can Inflict Damage Even After the Cases Are Dropped
Many people whose arrests were trumpeted by law enforcement agencies are still dealing with the fallout.
How Much Is Your Invisible Labor Worth?
An interview with the writer Amy Westervelt, whose Invisible Labor Calculator tells users how much they should be making for their work.
New America and Stanford Cyber Policy Center Announce Collaboration for DigiChina’s Future
Stanford University and New America are proud to announce a new partnership to continue and expand the work of the DigiChina project.
Pennsylvania Makes Degree Apprenticeships Part of its Strategy for Preparing a Qualified Early Learning Workforce
How this innovative and affordable workforce development strategy seeks to improve both teaching and learning outcomes for students.
Should Researchers Be Allowed to Use YouTube Videos and Tweets?
A new paper used YouTubers’ voices to guess what they looked like. We’re going to see more of this.
The Case for Paying the Ransom
After a recent ransomware attack, the city of Baltimore seems to be digging in for a long-term crisis. But it should’ve paid up on day one.
The Contours of the United States’ Shadow War
It’s not exactly a war in the conventional sense, and it’s perhaps not even a war we can win. But we’d still be wise to pay attention.