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Free Speech Project: Should We Think Twice Before Limiting Political Advocacy?
Just last year, Twitter imposed a total ban on political ads. Other social media companies have allowed such ads, but imposed a range of restrictions...
Where's the Meat?
The pandemic has amplified long-standing issues with the food industry as workers fall ill, supply chains stall, and a meat shortage looms. Is this...
Are Bats Really to Blame for the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Bats have been identified by some experts, and in the media, as the culprits behind the costliest pandemic in modern history, even though the source...
Book Talk with Peter Singer: "Burn-In"
Peter Bergen is the author of six books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers and four of which were named among the non-fiction books of...
COVID-19 and the Mission of the U.S. Public University A Virtual Town Hall Discussion
Public universities are among the nation’s most vital and vibrant institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds of thousands of students,...
Women, Peace, and Security: How Women in Sudan are Charting a New Course
In 2019, the worsening economic conditions sparked massive and prolonged street protests that eventually led to Omar al-Bashir’s removal. It was...
Will We Ever Fly Again?
Will we ever fly again, like we did in 2019? In recent decades, flying has been democratized as the rising global middle class made a deal with...
Social Distancing, Meet Space Exploration
Space exploration might be the most ambitious of human endeavors, spurring collective action, advancing technological innovation, and inspiring future...
Free Speech Project: Symptoms May Include Censorship
Free speech was already threatened in many parts of the world before the spread of the coronavirus, and the ensuing pandemic has provided...
Applying Engineering Lessons to Pandemic Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced challenges that are commonly dealt with in engineering in the United States. Policy responses to the pandemic could...
Business in a Time of Crisis
The private sector is collaborating with governments to respond to COVID-19 in unprecedented ways, from vaccine and ventilator production to enforcing...
My Favorite Movie with Ellen Weintraub: The Social Network
As we hunker down at home, social media’s power to connect us to each other is more apparent than ever. We are intimately familiar with our friends’...