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Governmental responses to the Covid 19 pandemic—in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere—have been deeply inequitable. People of color and people living in low-income households and neighborhoods have experienced compounded pandemic impacts. Restrictions on public services and private activities have disproportionately affected employment, housing, and financial security for women, people of color, and […]
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Dismay over the current state of international economic relations has some policymakers longing for return to some imaginary notion of the good old days. But this is a time to look forward, not back. The old rules failed us in many ways: they fostered domestic inequality in some countries, limited development options in many, and […]
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Can a digital platform like Google Search, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Uber become an essential facility, a sort of information infrastructure? Digital platforms of various kinds are becoming indispensable business partners for a plethora of businesses, including proprietors of news content. Dominant platforms appear to be in a position of ‘co-opetition’ with news content providers, […]
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In response to escalating xenophobia and bigotry against Asian Americans at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center was formed on March 19, 2020 to track and respond to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A […]
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International judges regularly decide important cases, on matters ranging from entrenched border disputes, costly trade wars, the most fundamental of our human rights and violent armed conflicts. Their decisions matter, and especially those of the most authoritative international court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ). International judges must decide cases on the basis of legal […]
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The police killing of George Floyd ignited concerns around the globe about the need to respond to police violence. The COVID 19 crisis has also raised concerns about prison conditions where prisoners have little ability to defend themselves against the potentially deadly disease. For the most vulnerable, rights have become meaningless and illusory. One reason […]
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While running for office, Joseph Biden set out an ambitious platform of reforms he intended to make on immigration and refugee policy. Judging by the first six weeks of his Presidency, he is keeping his word. Much more needs to be done to fix what had already been a broken system when Donald G. Trump […]
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What we are seeing Too much has been written about recent politics in the United States. As a result, there are wide and often contradictory views about how we should understand what has been going on and what is likely to happen within the several ‘out’ years from now. So perhaps it is time for […]
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