• ‘Inflation Is Radioactive’: Trump’s Victory Is Part of a Global Populist Wave of Voters Throwing Out Incumbents

    The person running against the unpopular incumbent party won this election, just like the person running against the unpopular incumbent won the 2020 election. The election result should not necessarily be interpreted as a shift in the levels of racism or sexism or xenophobia necessarily.

  • EFF to Court: Reject X’s Effort to Revive a Speech-Chilling Lawsuit Against a Nonprofit

    X’s lawsuit against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate is intended to stifle criticism and punish the organization for its reports criticizing the platform’s content moderation practices, and a previous ruling dismissing the lawsuit should be affirmed.

  • New York City to End Controversial Migrant Debit Card Program

    New York City is ending its controversial program that gave newly arriving migrants debit cards pre-loaded with money to pay for food, baby supplies and other necessities.

  • Trump’s Immigration Policies Made America Less Safe. Here’s the Data.

    New data reveal that Trump was the one whose immigration policies damaged the country’s security. In fact, he released more convicted criminals into the United States than his successor. This is not to lend credence to Trump’s efforts to demonize immigrants as dangerous or violent. Data shows that immigrants — both legal and illegal — are at least half as likely as citizens to be incarcerated for crimes committed in the United States.

  • The Best Political Argument for More Immigration Restrictions Just Failed

    Many Republican politicians and their supporters are worried about immigrants and their descendants being permanent Democratic voters. This week’s election returns are dramatic evidence that immigrants and their children are assimilating to American political norms, that they are voting Republican in huge numbers, and that Donald Trump defeated the best politically self-interested argument for Republicans to oppose increased legal immigration.

  • Scientists Address Risks to Supply Chain in a Connected World

    In a world where billions of lines of computer code are intertwined with critical physical systems whose electronic components come from suppliers across the globe, there is a new kind of risk. The combination of a connected world and a complex supply chain creates opportunities—and vulnerabilities.

  • Against Hyping Civil War and Mass Violence

    The hype across media about the prospect of another U.S. civil war needs a response. Taking steps to prevent and prepare for violence always makes sense, but it should not be viewed as a suggestion that the United States is on the brink of civil war. Don’t believe—or spread—these false narratives.

  • Connecting the U.S. Coast Guard to MIT Sloan

    For the past 50 years, the Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus.

  • Recent Safeguards Should Quash Efforts to Overturn Election Results, Experts Say

    Recent sweeping changes to how the nation handles election results should prevent a repeat of the near-constitutional crisis four years ago. It would take congressional majorities and most swing-state legislatures to upend the election.

  • FBI: Bomb Threats Against U.S. Voting Locations Appear to Be Coming from Russia

    A series of bomb threats sent to polling locations across the United States appears to be coming from Russia, according to new assessments from both federal and state officials.

  • ISIS: An Enduring Threat

    ISIS remains an enduring security threat and its narrative has sustained through the attacks and propaganda carried out by its affiliates. Socio-political grievances and religious repression will continue fueling support for ISIS. There is a lack of global appetite to counter the ISIS threat due to geopolitical confrontations and armed conflicts raging worldwide

  • Russian Disinformation Campaign Creates 'Climate of Chaos,' Say Experts

    In the last two years, Russian agents have created  fake websites which are employed in a “persistent” disinformation campaign. The Russian agents are creating false news websites that mimic reputable sources and posting fake stories to those phony sites. The websites may look like trusted European media outlets but in fact mislead readers with malicious stories and propaganda.

  • Why Is Immigration Reform So Contentious?

    The issue of immigration reform is one that both Republicans and Democrats have sought to address for years with little success. The reason, sys one expert: Immigration is a very complex issue and there has not been sufficient political will to fix it.

  • Understanding the Threats to U.S. Election Security in 2024

    Despite widespread concern that foreign interference and generative AI would pose major threats to the 2024 election, the greatest risks emanate from rising domestic extremists and diminishing domestic trust.

  • Concerns about Elon Musk, Russia's Putin Not Fading Yet

    Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has been talking on a consistent basis with Russian President Vladimir Putin are cause of concern. Musk’s companies are doing work for the Pentagon NASA. Some of that work is so sensitive that Musk has been given high-level security clearances due to his knowledge of the programs, raising concerns among some that top secret U.S. information and capabilities could be at risk.