It goes way beyond tax havens and offshore banking. Enterprising countries have figured out how to put their legal systems at the disposal of corporate interests. In the past few years, a secretive consortium of technologists and investors has spent almost a billion dollars to purchase about ninety …
Digital technologies are data-driven. But who has access to the data, and who is allowed to use it? Digital sovereignty means that people can decide …
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Next year, the world will celebrate 100 years of scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs based on quantum mechanics, with the UN …
Te Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti outside Parliament Buildings, Wellington, November 19, drew tens of thousands opposed to the Principles of the Treaty of …
As any schoolkid might tell you, US elections are based on a bedrock principle: one person, one vote. Simple as that. Each vote carries the same …
“Math is power” is the tag line of a new documentary, “Counted Out,” currently making the rounds at festivals and community screenings. (It will have a limited theatrical release next year.) The film explores the intersection of mathematics, civil rights and democracy. And it delves into how an …
Australia’s two major parties — the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Liberal-led Coalition — are steadily declining in popularity, mirroring …
The results of this year’s elections remind us that we are a diverse nation, made up of not just red and blue states, but also blue and red dots …
Some scholars say that it’s to blame for our political dysfunction—and that we need to start over. All republican governments live in fear of the man on the white horse. A republican government, like ours, is a system of rules designed to prevent any one person or faction from hijacking the …
