Governance Studies

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why Senate Republicans and the White House can’t agree on badly-needed COVID aid

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 31, 2020

A mobile phone user looks at the icons of the mobile apps of Alphabet Inc's Google on his smartphone in Beijing, China, 16 January 2018.Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday (16 January 2018) it has made "no changes" to its mapping platform in China, denying an earlier media report that claimed it was re-launching the function in China, where many of its services are blocked. Japan's Nikkei reported earlier that Google had set up a China-specific version of the Google Maps website for the first time in eight years and introduced a map application for Chinese iPhones for the first time. Google, however, stated that the Google Maps browser has been available in China for many years while there is no Maps application offered in the country.No Use China. No Use France.

Big Tech and antitrust: Pay attention to the math behind the curtain

Friday, July 31, 2020

Multi-Ethnic Group of elementary school kids getting out a yellow school bus at school's out. Boys and girls age 6-11. They walk on behind another. They cross the street and the Stop sign of the yello school bus is open. This was taken in Canada.

Boys enjoy educational advantages despite being less engaged in school than girls

Thursday, July 30, 2020

A worker maintains oil pipelines at the Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina

The evolution of the EITI and next steps for tackling extractive industries corruption

Kelsey Landau and Victoria Bassetti

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS

Congressional hearing reveals that tech firms will face greater oversight

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington

School reopening plans linked to politics rather than public health

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Acronym GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) designed on an iPhone screen. Montreal (Canada), July 28th, 2019.Sigle GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) forme avec les icones des applications mobiles. Montreal (Canada), le 28 juillet 2019.NO USE FRANCE

In Congress’s big tech hearing, look beyond ‘technology policy’

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Members of a Primary school band are seen on a screen during an online lesson via Zoom in Canberra, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

For schools to reopen, Congress must include broadband funding in the stimulus bill

Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

A third-grade schoolboy seen from behind has headphones on his head. He is taking online courses from his home in Toulouse on the first day of the containment measures imposed by the government. He has a double screen in front of him.Un collegien vu de dos a un casque audio sur le tete. Il suit des cours en ligne depuis son domicile a Toulouse le premier jour des mesures de confinement imposees par le gouvernement en France. Il a un double ecran devant lui.NO USE FRANCE

Why the move to online instruction won’t reduce college costs

Steven W. Hemelt and Kevin M. Stange

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Is President Trump already a lame duck president?

Monday, July 27, 2020