How China’s Big Overseas Initiative Threatens Global Climate Progress
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a colossal infrastructure plan that could transform the economies of nations around the world.
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Too few black men are earning college degrees. Can Texas turn that around?
The numbers are staggeringly low: Only one college in Texas graduated more than 100 African-American men in 2016.
Berkeley researchers offer social media platforms easier way to censor
Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley are developing a tool that would utilize artificial intelligence to police online "hate speech."
Internet of cities can help build smart cities
Today, cities are home to 55 percent of the world's population. By 2050, the number is expected to reach 68 percent－that is, 2.5 billion more people would be living in cities.
Rutgers students earn credit for learning ‘resistance’
Rutgers University offers a course, titled “Practicing Social Justice," which teaches “nonviolent confrontational organizing” and “resistance strategies.”
Texas takes the next step to make college more affordable
In 2011, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry called on the Lone Star State’s public four-year universities to craft affordable bachelor’s degrees, what the Governor labeled at the time, “$10,000 degrees.”
What’s behind China’s space programme expansion
China is a relative late-bloomer when it comes to the world of space exploration.
Here’s why climate policies don’t really kill jobs
Climate change will hammer the U.S. economy unless there’s swift action to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels, according to the latest National Climate Assessment report.
Skipping free College and Federal loans
Some California community colleges are turning down state money for free tuition to avoid participating in the federal loan program.
Harvard decries ‘destructive’ new Trump admin policy
Harvard University signed a statement in late December denouncing U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen for a policy limiting the stay of international students in the country
