Cómo enseñar mejor a nuestros hijos en la era del big datatheconversation.com - Katie Headrick Taylor En la reunión de padres y maestros, me senté a un lado de la mesa frente a la maestra de mi hijo de primer grado. La maestra señaló porcentajes …
University of Alaska Anchorage Before Trump eyed Greenland: Here’s what happened last time the US bought a large chunk of the Arctictheconversation.com - William L. Iggiagruk Hensley Editor’s note: Reports that President Donald Trump has urged aides to look into buying Greenland make us think of the last time the United States …
Democrats How Democrats can win back workers in 2020theconversation.com - Thomas Kochan Labor unions and the workers they represent were once the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. The 2016 presidential election revealed just how …
Play buttonPublic Relations Companies promoting causes can be accused of 'wokewashing' – allying themselves only for good PRtheconversation.com - Kim Sheehan More consumers want companies to address societal problems, including climate change and crumbling infrastructure. Additionally, more than half want …
Nicolás Maduro 5 reasons why Trump's Venezuela embargo won't end the Maduro regimetheconversation.com - Marco Aponte-Moreno The U.S. has announced an economic embargo on Venezuela, intended to put an end to President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian regime. In an Aug. 5 …
Tariffs The US-China trade war: 5 essential readstheconversation.com - Nicole Zelniker The U.S. has placed tariffs on more than US$250 billion worth of Chinese goods and has threatened tariffs on another $300 billion. China has …
China Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end?theconversation.com - Charles Hankla President Donald Trump recently escalated his trade war with China, threatening to impose a 10% tariff on the remaining US$300 billion of untaxed …
Housing This tax credit wasn't meant to help with housing, but that's exactly what it's doingtheconversation.com - Natasha Pilkauskas As rents rise and wages stagnate, many families struggle to find affordable housing in the U.S. This is especially true for low-income households who …
Poverty Scammers don't cheat because they need the money — they cheat because they're cheaterstheconversation.com - Marco A. Palma When we hear that a poor person scammed others out of money, we may attribute this behavior to their poverty, rationalizing that the person violated …
Interest Rates Fed rate cut bails out Trump for policies that are slowing the economytheconversation.com - Rodney Ramcharan The Federal Reserve appears to be bailing out the president. Responding to concerns of a slowing economy – in part caused by President Donald Trump’s …
Collective Bargaining How organized labor can reverse decades of declinetheconversation.com - Marick Masters Collective bargaining has long been one of organized labor’s most attractive selling points. In its simplest form, collective bargaining involves an …
Opioid CrisisOpioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in treatment and related expenses – and that's just the tip oftheconversation.com - Joel Segel and Douglas L. Leslie and Gary Zajac and Max Crowley and Paul L. Morgan The devastating health effects of the opioid epidemic have been well documented, with over 700,000 overdose deaths and millions more affected. And …
Charities Budgeting for charity: A new way for the government to encourage givingtheconversation.com - Alyssa A. DiRusso U.S. tax laws can subsidize charitable giving by the wealthy, through the charitable deduction, especially following changes that took effect in …
Income Inequality Why Trump's stoking of white racial resentment is effective – but makes all working class Americans worse offtheconversation.com - Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey and Eric Hoyt Many white men say they feel threatened by the increasing presence and success of minorities in the workplace. As social scientists, we wondered if …
Play buttonTeens From 'Pretty Little Liars' to 'The OC,' television producers need to stop encouraging teen drinking – here's how they cantheconversation.com - Cristel Antonia Russell From “Pretty Little Liars” to classic shows like “The O.C.,” you don’t have to look hard to find 16-year-olds sneaking a drink from a flask or …
Nonprofits How college towns could benefit more from throngs of student volunteerstheconversation.com - Jennifer A. Jones Millions of college students volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters and other nonprofits near where they go to school. The arrangement gives …
Capitalism Investors, consumers and workers are changing capitalism for the better by demanding companies behave more responsiblytheconversation.com - Elizabeth Schmidt Capitalism’s days may be numbered – at least judging by recent polls. A majority of millennials reject the economic system, while 55% of women aged 18 …
Avengers: Endgame 'Avengers: Endgame' is nowhere near the worldwide box office record – here's whytheconversation.com - Jay L. Zagorsky Jay L. Zagorsky is a Friend of The Conversation. Marvel’s gambit to propel “Avengers: Endgame” to become the top-grossing movie of all time finally paid off. The studio re-released the final film in …
Amazon What Amazon's decision to retrain a third of its employees means for the future of worktheconversation.com - Scott F. Latham Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees – a third of its U.S. workforce – in new technologies is the …
The debt ceiling and why we should kill it: 5 questions answeredtheconversation.com - Steven Pressman Editor’s note: The U.S. government maxed out its national credit card in March and has been moving money around ever since to avoid running out of …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The dysfunctional debt ceiling and why we should kill it: 5 questions answeredtheconversation.com - Steven Pressman Editor’s note: The U.S. government maxed out its national credit card in March and has been moving money around ever since to avoid running out of …
Jobs Report Voices from an age of uncertain work – Americans miss stability and a shared sense of purpose in their jobstheconversation.com - David L. Blustein On the surface, the well-being of the American worker seems rosy. Unemployment in the U.S. hovers near a 50-year low, and employers describe growing …
Play button How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivalstheconversation.com - Benjamin A.T. Graham The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in America’s struggle with China for global influence. Oddly, it may be immigration policy, as much …
Play button The ‘giant sucking sound’ of NAFTA: Ross Perot was ridiculed as alarmist in 1992 but his warning turned out to be prescienttheconversation.com - Harley Shaiken H. Ross Perot famously had a way with words that galvanized ordinary Americans and helped him become the most successful third-party candidate since …
Why states and cities should stop handing out billions in economic incentives to companiestheconversation.com - Nathan Jensen U.S. states and cities hand out tens of billions in taxpayer dollars every year to companies as economic incentives. These businesses are supposed to …
Selecting groceries ahead of time helps some shoppers make healthier choicestheconversation.com - Anya Samek I often toss items into my grocery cart that I have vowed to never buy again. Maybe I cave into my 3-year-old’s demands for sugary cereal and cookies. …
How Congress lost power over trade deals – and why some lawmakers want it backtheconversation.com - William Hauk Some in Congress want to wrest control of trade policy back from the president. It might surprise you to learn that lawmakers ever had it. Until the …
New York's new rental protections won't end the outsize influence of big developers who pay the city's billstheconversation.com - Cem S. Kayatekin New York has passed sweeping new laws that will close some legal loopholes that allowed the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized apartments to be …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo New York's new rental protections won't end the outside influence of big developers who pay the city's billstheconversation.com - Cem S. Kayatekin New York has passed sweeping new laws that will close some legal loopholes that allowed the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized apartments to be …
