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Cab drivers have long discriminated against African-Americans and other minority groups. New research suggests ride-hailing apps haven’t solved the problem.
President-elect Trump has said the issue of gay marriage is settled, yet he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, which upheld a woman’s right to abortion. What will he do once he becomes president?
A historian of science and technology says Trump team’s request for names of Department of Energy employees working on climate change recalls worst excesses of ideology-driven science in government.
Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing at a faster rate than any time in the past 20 years.
The ‘war on coal’ is not really a result of onerous regulations but a combination of market forces over which a Trump administration has limited control.
As self-driving cars proliferate, we need a system to handle difficult situations.
For three years, carbon emissions from fossil fuels have grown little or not at all, opening a window of opportunity to halt climate change.
Four of our economic scholars weigh in on Trump’s legislative agenda, healing the divide, uncertainty and something known as the ‘presidential puzzle.’
The jury is in and the debate is over: Earth’s sixth great extinction has arrived.
The New Jersey Transit train that crashed in Hoboken didn’t have a mandated auto-stopping safety system. Why not?
Algorithms that learn from large data sets can pick up inherent social biases. That could perpetuate the biases, or even worsen them.
It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
Counterfeit drugs and heroin laced with illicitly made fentanyl have been linked to overdoses across the country. So what can be done?
Trump revisited familiar themes during his economic address in Detroit and offered a few new ones. Two of our economic experts express their takeaways.
Income inequality and political polarization have both surged in recent decades and are the worst they’ve ever been. Is one causing the other?
Two centuries of tax policy show efforts to raise taxes on the rich hinge on questions of fairness. The history also suggests proponents have a tough road ahead.
A new study highlights how the condition of your kitchen may affect unhealthy snacking.
The latest economic research suggests there are better ways to narrow the gap between the richest and the poorest.
New research highlights how the pain of a breakup can linger for years.
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Executive Director of the Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University
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Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford University
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Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
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Fellow at CodeX - Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford University
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Mosbacher Senior Fellow of Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
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PhD Student in Religious Studies, Stanford University
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Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, Stanford University
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Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
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Barnett Family Professor, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design in Education, Stanford University
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PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
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Acting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
