This week’s Above the Fold covers domestic automation and how new technologies and artificial intelligence are impacting the American workforce. Recorded live at GW’s WRGW radio station,… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E4-3: Above the Fold: Automation and the U.S. Workforce”
Category: Social Policy
GW WonkCast S3E4-1: Below the Fold
Protests and law suits are abound in this week’s Below the Fold. Gay rights groups are pressuring Amazon not to build its second headquarters in a state… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E4-1: Below the Fold”
GW WonkCast S3E3-3: Above the Fold
The second episode of Above the Fold covers two pieces of breaking news: the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy and the scandal of improperly… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E3-3: Above the Fold”
Op-Ed: Education is Free Like Speech and Beer
Cory Lancaster, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The following is an op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views of Policy Perspectives or the Trachtenberg school. Sorry… Read more “Op-Ed: Education is Free Like Speech and Beer”
Lives in Limbo: Temporary Protected Status to End for Many in the U.S.
Marissa Esthimer, MPP On Jan. 8, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of El Salvador in September… Read more “Lives in Limbo: Temporary Protected Status to End for Many in the U.S.”
GW WonkCast Season 3 Premier: Living in the Nation’s Capital
The premier of GW WonkCast Season 3 dives into an issue straight at the heart of the nation’s capital: affordable housing and homelessness. Trachtenberg MPP Tinsae Gebriel,… Read more “GW WonkCast Season 3 Premier: Living in the Nation’s Capital”
GW WonkCast S2E11: American Indian Education
Join us as co-Host Katherine Lundie interviews Melissa Emrey-Arras, the Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), about the state… Read more “GW WonkCast S2E11: American Indian Education”
The Truth about Trafficking: Myths and Realities of Modern Day Slavery in America
Elizabeth Sherwood, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The Global Slavery Index (GSI) estimates that 45.8 million people are currently enslaved globally, with North Korea, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, and… Read more “The Truth about Trafficking: Myths and Realities of Modern Day Slavery in America”
Apple Introduces Face ID and Exposes Another Discriminatory Blind Spot in “Cool” Technology
Cory Lancaster, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The people of America have whipped out their smart phones and called their government to the stand. The social issues… Read more “Apple Introduces Face ID and Exposes Another Discriminatory Blind Spot in “Cool” Technology”
The Unintended Consequences of School Takeovers: A Study of Jackson Public School District
Travis Reginal, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives There is only one step standing between the Jackson Public School District existing as an independent district and being taken… Read more “The Unintended Consequences of School Takeovers: A Study of Jackson Public School District”
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