Tag: Oped
U.S. capitalism is being remade by state power
Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such as taking a 10% share of semiconductor maker Intel Corp.,...
Turbulent research landscape imperils U.S. brain gain
Despite representing only 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts seven of...
Is entrepreneurship a viable tool to alleviate poverty?
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the world lives in poverty. Even in many developed countries such as the U.S., poverty rates exceed 12%.
As...
Union risks future of East Coast ports
In September, Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing maritime workers at East Coast and Gulf ports, addressed members in a letter....
Want people to pay attention to climate change? Just call it...
You probably have been hearing phrases such as “climate crisis,” “climate emergency” or “climate justice” more often lately as people try to get across...
Green manufacturing boom in U.S. has a big problem
Panasonic’s new $4 billion battery factory in De Soto, Kan., is designed to be a model of sustainability – it’s an all-electric factory. When...
Is this the least productive Congress ever? Maybe
Congress has once again been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, with the current 118th Congress touted as possibly the least productive in...
Student loan ruling will hurt people and economy
The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6-3 on June 30,...
Here’s how AI can be bad for the environment
Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?
As an AI researcher, I often...
AI offers R.I. a chance at new revolution
You don’t need to look far to see daily new developments and news around artificial intelligence, from ChatGPT to AI image generators.
Rhode Island has...
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