Dangerous Trends in Ethiopia, Black Youth Unemployment in America, and More

August 11, 2021

A month after what looked like a breakthrough toward de-escalation in the grinding war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the country’s stability has deteriorated. Vanda Felbab-Brown explains the situation on the ground and what the United States can do about it.

The July jobs report brought some welcome news, but America’s young Black workers are still not seeing the economic recovery come to their communities. Kristen Broady, Tiffany Ford, and Carl Romer shed light on how racial disparities in the labor force participation rate and unemployment rate continue to affect the state of employment.

Open-source software, software that is free to access, use, and change without restrictions, plays a central role in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Alex Engler details how this software speeds up AI adoption, helps reduce AI bias, advances science generally, and more.

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