Carolina de la Pedraja – Cuba, the Caribbean island just ninety miles off the coast of Florida, is currently adjusting to safeguard the existence of its economic regime in a modernized world. On December 17, 2014, former President Obama announced that the United States and Cuba would begin to mend their relations. Extreme changes were […]
Catherine Baumgartner – In a world with hitchhiking robots and self-driving cars, it appears as if artificial intelligence (“A.I.”) can do anything—even run for president. This potential science-fiction movie plot may no longer be far from reality. Earlier this month the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee adopted a report on legal issues surrounding Robotics and Artificial […]
Gabriel A. Lievano – For the past 6 years, the Department of Education has waged war on for-profit colleges. The Department justifies the regulatory assault in the name of protecting students from predatory colleges. The reality is that the regulatory model not only threatens the closure of many for-profit colleges, but also leaves the taxpayers […]
Meera Khan – When Donald Trump tweets, the market listens. Mr. Trump’s social media megaphone has quickly created an unprecedented bully pulpit for the president-elect. While past presidents meticulously crafted speeches and presidential addresses, Mr. Trump is breaking the mold of traditional executive correspondence by creating what is now being termed a “Twitter presidency”—delivering hot takes […]
