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The Economic Case for High-Skilled Immigration

During his 4 years in office, former President Trump consistently outlined plans to reduce H-1B-based high-skilled immigration. But when it comes to high-skilled immigration, it is time for the “stealing American jobs” narrative to be put to rest.

How a CDC Database Is Fueling Global Anti-Vaccination Sentiment

Gunshot wounds and herpes are among the alleged side effects of the coronavirus vaccine reported by the CDC's VAERS database, which now forms the foundation of a global online misinformation campaign which to-date has garnered little attention. In a world of fake news and disinformation campaigns, one must question whether publishing VAERS vaccine data in its current form achieves more harm than good.

Big Tech, Policymaking, and Leadership: An Interview With Journalist Kara Swisher

In conversation with Kara Swisher on technology companies, their unchecked power, leadership at large, and what’s been on her mind recently.

Praising Paris: Our Last Best Chance to Tackle the Climate Crisis?

The Biden Administration faces little room for error as it balances pressures from environmental advocacy groups and Republican lawmakers domestically and allies and adversaries abroad.

“ABGs”, Affirmative Action, and Anti-Blackness in the Asian American community

The Media’s Role in Perpetuating and Ameliorating Black-Asian Hostility

This Again? On Andrew Cuomo and #MeToo

Social norms around the way women should be treated are changing, finally, and men who are accustomed to being admired have somehow yet to realize.

Digital Health is Civic Health

Non-fungible tokens, despite being a distant reality, are a valuable thought experiment: What does the world look like when individuals can purchase a stake in that which others create?

Stop Giving Extreme House Representatives Undue Attention

News media is not bereft of coverage about the workings of Congress, but there is little value in elevating fringe figures to frontpage status or featuring them in endless opinion pieces that drown out any substantial reporting on what the nation’s legislature is actually doing.

Mental Health: Will it Finally Be an American Legislative Priority?

"America’s mental health crisis has necessitated legislative action for years. The new administration just may answer that decades-long call."

Three Pandemic Priorities

Much like the challenges that plagued the United States last year, many of the problems we are facing in 2021 will require us to find synergy between systems and perspectives that often clash — including between the public and private sectors, the individual and the greater population, and federal and state governments. Understanding these three sets of dynamics will ensure a better approach toward accelerating pandemic mitigation and recovery.