Lawmakers Consistently Refuse to Hold Public Authorities Accountable
Public authorities provide critically important services throughout New York State such as building infrastructure, maintaining…
Canada’s Arctic Framework: An Experiment in Radical Democracy
By de-prioritizing consensus, the 2019 Arctic Framework challenges liberal democratic ideology and defies classical geopolitical…
Consent-Based Spaces in New York City after the Repeal of the Cabaret Law
The way children react to boundaries has always been fascinating. Boundaries provide them the freedom…
The Trump Administration’s Public Policy Stance Against Affirmative Action has Negative Implications for Human Rights
On July 3, 2018, the Trump administration announced that they were repealing pro-affirmative action policies…
The Green New Deal Is As American As It Gets
A look at President Roosevelt’s “Arsenal of Democracy” speech shows that the Green New Deal…
Four years to a first draft: slow progress toward treaty to bind companies
Peter Micek leads the Access Now policy team’s business and human rights work, advocating for…
Rohingya, Victims of the Resource Curse? Not Quite.
Renewed attacks by the Arakan Army, a Buddhist insurgent group, against police stations in the…
Man or Machine?: Algorithms in the American Criminal Justice System
As technology has become a more integral part of our world, it has been incorporated…
Can Entrepreneurship Education Help Change the World?
A case study on solving challenges in the K-12 education system. What happens when you…
Midwestern Floods, Climate Resiliency, and the Green New Deal
The natural cycles of floods and extreme weather are being intensified by climate change, and…