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Soil Degradation Is Undermining Food Security In The CaribbeanSoil Degradation Is Undermining Food Security In The Caribbean

Soil Degradation Is Undermining Food Security In The Caribbean

By Camellia Mayoral on December 7, 2021

Curbing soil degradation is critical to the food security and ecological sustainability of the Caribbean— yet unsustainable land management practices, coupled with the pressures of climate change continue to impact soil health and threaten to rob the region of its prospects for a food secure future. According to a 2018 report from the United Nations…

Believing That the Fed Controls the Value of the Dollar Does Not Make It TrueBelieving That the Fed Controls the Value of the Dollar Does Not Make It True

Believing That the Fed Controls the Value of the Dollar Does Not Make It True

By ericlee on December 7, 2021

“As a result, the market started to do much of the stabilizing for us, selling sterling when it approached DM3 and buying sterling whenever it dipped below it.” The above quote is from The View From No. 11 , Nigel Lawson’s autobiographical account of his tenure under Margaret Thatcher as England’s Chancellor of the Exchequer.…

Human Rights Documentation In The Digital Age: Why Machine Learning Isn’t A Silver BulletHuman Rights Documentation In The Digital Age: Why Machine Learning Isn’t A Silver Bullet

Human Rights Documentation In The Digital Age: Why Machine Learning Isn’t A Silver Bullet

By Konstanze Frischen on December 7, 2021

When the Syrian uprising started nearly 10 years ago, videos taken by citizens of attacks against them such as chemical and barrel bomb strikes started appearing on social media. While international human rights investigators couldn't get into the country, people on the ground documented and shared what was happening. Yet soon, videos and pictures of…

Three Steps Leaders Can Take To Create A Culture Of Data SharingThree Steps Leaders Can Take To Create A Culture Of Data Sharing

Three Steps Leaders Can Take To Create A Culture Of Data Sharing

By Merav Yuravlivker on December 7, 2021

Merav Yuravlivker is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Data Society . Leaders today are increasingly recognizing the importance of leveraging data for their organizations, but there’s a gap between that realization and truly instilling a data culture. According to the results of the latest Gartner Chief Data Officer Survey , "data and analytics…

The Supreme Court Should End Religious Discrimination In School Choice Programs Once And For AllThe Supreme Court Should End Religious Discrimination In School Choice Programs Once And For All

The Supreme Court Should End Religious Discrimination In School Choice Programs Once And For All

By Erasmo Center on December 7, 2021

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Carson v. Makin , a potentially landmark case about whether states can discriminate against parents who want to use government scholarship programs to choose religious schools for their children. The case comes from Maine, where the state operates a “tuitioning” program that lets some rural families…