While gender reveals in the United States may take place in a burst of pink and blue latex balloons, surrounded by the buzzing enthusiasm of friends, loved ones, and parents-to-be, the same cannot be said in India. Instead, such gender reveals are il...
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While gender reveals in the United States may take place in a burst of pink and blue latex balloons, surrounded by the buzzing enthusiasm of friends, loved ones, and parents-to-be, the same cannot be said in India. Instead, such gender reveals are il...
Editors’ Note: This is the third installment of an interview series conducted in collaboration with the Stone Inequality Initiative at Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Directed by Professors Margaret Weir and Jim Mor...
Editors’ Note: This is the third installment of an interview series conducted in collaboration with the Stone Inequality Initiative at Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Directed by Professors Margaret Weir and Jim Mor...
As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its second year, many countries are beginning to loosen some of their public health measures. Across Europe, governments are relaxing regulations. Even as Queen Elizabeth juggles the crown and the virus, England has en...
As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its second year, many countries are beginning to loosen some of their public health measures. Across Europe, governments are relaxing regulations. Even as Queen Elizabeth juggles the crown and the virus, England has en...
Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students in high-poverty schools face great challenges, most notably a severe lack of funding and resources compared to ...
Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students in high-poverty schools face great challenges, most notably a severe lack of funding and resources compared to ...
In late November, Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and billionaire, paid at least $30 million for a week’s worth of television ads in support of his presidential campaign. In a single stroke, Bloomberg spent more on ads than any of ...
In late November, Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and billionaire, paid at least $30 million for a week’s worth of television ads in support of his presidential campaign. In a single stroke, Bloomberg spent more on ads than any of ...
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency, the United States’ performance on any number of value-based outcomes is ironically dismal. In measures of equ...
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency, the United States’ performance on any number of value-based outcomes is ironically dismal. In measures of equ...
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so ubiquitous that the inability to get online can have massive repercussions. Nicol Turner Lee of Brookings summar...
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so ubiquitous that the inability to get online can have massive repercussions. Nicol Turner Lee of Brookings summar...
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name recognition, and his main policy of universal basic income is not likely to make headlines. But in his self-proclaimed â...
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name recognition, and his main policy of universal basic income is not likely to make headlines. But in his self-proclaimed â...
The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the economic opportunity of moving to a city, often leaving behind their children and their homes. In fact, these wor...
Hidden within the 2018 tax reform bill is a provision that could reinvent development financing across the country. The Investment in Opportunity Act, a bipartisan amendment to the bill, encourages investment of realized capital gains in Low-Income C...
Hidden within the 2018 tax reform bill is a provision that could reinvent development financing across the country. The Investment in Opportunity Act, a bipartisan amendment to the bill, encourages investment of realized capital gains in Low-Income C...
Earth Day 2018 will take place in a time of great uncertainty. It is a day that means different things to different people. For some, the occasion signals a sense of hope in the potential of humanity to correct its current path and save our planet; f...
Earth Day 2018 will take place in a time of great uncertainty. It is a day that means different things to different people. For some, the occasion signals a sense of hope in the potential of humanity to correct its current path and save our planet; f...