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Science, Technology and Data
George Orwell’s Dystopian World is Coming to Life and the European AI Act Will Not Stop It: The Collection of Emotional Data by AI
03.9.24
Read MoreAs AI-based emotion recognition systems proliferate with little regulation, our feelings are transformed into data that can manipulate us, threatening a dystopian future where our mental privacy no longer exists.
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Gender, Race and Identity
The “Greedy Work” of Foreign Service: On the Status of Women in the Diplomatic Corps of Kazakhstan
03.8.24
Read MoreWomen in high-level positions can offer unique perspectives based on their diverse experiences. A more diverse Foreign Service that reflects Kazakhstan will result in enhanced policymaking, reporting, and analysis.
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Social Policy
Statistical Invisibility and the Plight of India’s Sanitation Workers: A Policy Perspective
03.3.24
Read MoreAmidst the vast societal machinery that sustains India, sanitation workers operate as the unrecognized cogs essential to the public health system, yet they remain largely invisible within policy frameworks and legislative agendas.
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Medicare Part B as in Biologic: A Descriptive Analysis of Medicare Part B Drug Spending and Policy Analysis Over the Last Decade
03.3.24
Without focused reform, Medicare Part B drug spending will continue to grow at a faster rate than any other section in Medicare.
From the Margins: How Gender and Kitchens Got Sidetracked in the Energy Debate
02.9.24
Disproportionately affecting women, lack of access to clean fuels for cooking leads to 3.7 million untimely deaths annually from household air pollution.
Racial Disparity in Disaster Response in the United States: A Case Study of Aid Under FEMA
02.9.24
Natural disasters strike Americans indiscriminately; unfortunately, federal disaster relief doesn’t reach them the same way.
Do I Really Have To Eat This? The Follies of Food Loss
02.9.24
As a child, there was one golden rule: Don’t waste food. Aid organizations that address hunger and food security would do better to focus on creating access to food than pandering to people’s emotions about throwing it away.
Stable Signatures: An Effective Route to Regulating AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Material
02.5.24
In fall 2023, more than 20 young girls in a small town in southern Spain were targets of naked deep-fake images. Stable signatures may provide a solution.
Chinese-Indonesians Face Long Road to National Integration, Except During Elections
01.31.24
Indonesia takes pride in its national motto ‘unity in diversity.’ For its ethnic Chinese minorities, however, this phrase rings hollow.
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