Two researchers explain how the current DEI pushback reveals the discomfort people feel when their identity is challenged but they say it can also present an opportunity for learning and growth.
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While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions that could have a chilling effect on health care providers around the country.
Trump’s rhetoric about the future of FEMA is concerning, especially during ongoing disasters.
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not simple or quick, as President Trump is about to find out.
If the World Health Organization doesn’t reform, other member countries may also jump ship.
Trump signed dozens of executive orders on day one to show he’s taking action. But they may not result in the substantive change an anxious public is demanding.
While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.
What are the limits on executive orders? They come with serious constraints. A political scientist who studies these orders puts Trump’s actions in context.
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give them the legal right to stay in the US.
There are potential threats to US democracy posed by the choices voters make in this presidential election. But the benefits of American democracy have for centuries been unequally available.
The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from exploiting Americans’ sensitive personal data.
Biden and Trump are polar opposites when it comes to policy. But they have wielded the power of the presidency in similar ways.
If safety is the heart of the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, then civil rights is its soul.
In the absence of comprehensive AI regulation from Congress, the executive branch is building on its previous efforts to address AI harms.
President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to regulate AI. The directives could help avoid AI doom – but they miss some key points.
The US has an overclassification problem, which includes classifying documents about Santa Claus.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released? A former State Department and Department of Defense staffer who had top secret clearance provides the answers.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released?
The constantly changing COVID-19 rules can be frustrating. But this pandemic is like no other public health crisis in history. It is better to think of the virus and US responses the way we think about hurricanes.
The government uses a process called public procurement. A professor of public policy explains how the process works and how it is increasingly used to achieve social goals.
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