Many cities and states have established commissions to assess bills, provide reports, and advise on initiatives affecting women and girls. A new bill in Washington state would create a similar governmental commission targeted specifically at boys and men, the first one of its kind in the United States. Richard Reeves explains the value of such a commission.
Climate change will have significant costs for business, both physical (damage from rising tides and stronger storms) and otherwise (the cost of adjusting to climate regulation). How companies should adapt has therefore become an increasingly important question. New research finds that stocks of environmentally-friendly companies have generally provided higher returns than those of less climate-conscious competitors for much of the past decade.
Facial recognition AI has become an important part of China's governance regime, and because Chinese researchers have access to large government datasets, China has gained global leadership in this technology. The export of facial recognition technology to other developing nations could lead to new or stronger autocracies, according to a new working paper.
