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California Trial of Universal Basic Income Inspires More Cities to Follow Suit A mother and son walk through one of the neighborhoods of Stockton where participants in the citys universal basic income program live in Stockton, California, on February 7, 2020. Nick Otto / AFP via Getty Images By Reading List It’s probably safe to say that a few years ago, most Americans weren’t familiar with the term universal basic income, commonly abbreviated as UBI. But more recently, as the idea has gro...

Africa can’t stay out of the space race Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Space powers or aspirant space powers like India, China and Turkey long framed their space ambitions as purely developmental...

THE WHITE House and senators are weighing in on launching automatic relief to prepare for future recessions caused by public crises.The Economic Secur

Space powers or aspirant space powers like India, China and Turkey long framed their space ambitions as purely developmental. But they’re now jostling among themselves and with pioneer space-farers like the US to beat each other to the Moon or Mars. This is as much for the sake of national power and prestige as it is to boost development.  Where does this leave Africa? Is outer space the next terrain of a new Cold War-style proxy contest for allegiance and influence in which African countrie...

A Chinese rocket is falling to Earth, but we don’t know where it will land The probability of some parts of the booster going to populated lands is relatively low, making it much more likely to land somewhere in the ocean. But that probability is not zero. For example: The CZ-5B booster was launched on May 5, 2020 for a mission last year. The same problem arose even then: the core booster ended up in an uncontrolled orbit before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Trash It landed in the vil...

The U.S. Defense Budget is Too Damn High | Opinion On 5/7/21 at 12:32 PM EDT On April 9, the Biden administration submitted its first "skinny budget" request to Congress. The 41-page document set forth a grand total of $1.521 trillion in discretionary spending. Defense-related items composed roughly half of the overall request, clocking it at $753 billion—a 1.7 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. If that figure sounds high, its because it is: The United States dev...

Vaccine Nationalism: What Is It and How Is It Playing Out During COVID-19? Jacqui Germain s 2021 . In many parts of the United States, the newly vaccinated are making summer vacation plans and reuniting with loved ones. According to the most recent data, 32.1% of Americans are fully vaccinated and 45% have received at least one dose. But a very different story is playing out elsewhere in the world, where COVID-19 variants are raging and dozens of countries are still reporting va...

Friday, April 30, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am Africa’s growing space program presents new political, economic, and security opportunities and challenges for the United States. The technology transfer process, access to technologies and data, and support for systems development have the potential to increase U.S. political influence vis-à-vis U.S. adversaries; bolster two-way trade and investment; and deepen national security ties between the United States and African partners. Africa’s spac...

ACLU turns to Supreme Court for access to FISA court rulings Jerry Dunleavy © Provided by Washington Examiner The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Supreme Court to provide access to the rulings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, arguing there is a First Amendment right to access the classified decisions on the legality of obtaining wiretaps and other surveillance against Americans allegedly tied to foreign intelligence threats. The secretive FISA co...