What the climate movement needs, analysis of Britain's elections, and Brookings experts on the Trump impeachment proceedings.
| British voters back Boris and Brexit This week, British voters went to the polls and handed U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party a decisive victory. Amanda Sloat explains what the outcome means for Brexit, Scottish independence, and Northern Ireland moving forward. Read more Prefer an audio version? Listen to Sloat break it down in about 10 minutes in the latest episode of The Current podcast. |
| Assessing employer intent when AI hiring tools are biased When it comes to gender stereotypes in occupational roles, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to either mitigate historical bias or heighten it. As job recruitment processes move online, Caitlin Chin emphasizes the importance of including employer intent in the discussion on algorithmic bias. Read more |
Brookings experts on impeachment Trump's trial should put the GOP on the spot. "The Senate must ask whether the wrongdoing revealed in the Ukraine episode is typical of the president's approach." In The Atlantic, Thomas Wright says the focus of a Senate impeachment trial should be on evaluating the trajectory of Trump's presidency, rather than his past mistakes. For the Senate, a trial is an ordeal. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, William Galston offers some timely lessons from the last presidential impeachment for Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer to keep in mind. Impeachment and the lost art of persuasion. "Pelosi understands the people her party needs to talk to. It's why she chose to answer partisanship with prayerfulness, and why she insisted that there is nothing she hates more than hate." In the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne reflects on the House Speaker's approach to the impeachment proceedings against President Trump. |
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