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15,000 Churches Will Close This Year. Each Could Be a Home for Civic Revival
Hollie Russon Gilman and Ryan Eller wrote for The Chronicle of Philanthropy on how churches could revitalize civic life.
“Putin’s Sledgehammer” Reveals How the Wagner Group Became So Powerful it Threatened Him
Candace Rondeaux joins Nick Schifrin to discuss her new book on the Wagner Group’s rise, fall, and its entanglement with Vladimir Putin.
Congressional Biotech Commission Highlights Workforce Investment Needs
Senator Todd Young speaks about bipartisan efforts to strengthen U.S. competitiveness through workforce development.
What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act and Where It Currently Stands
OTI on the Kids Online Safety Act
Unfinished Empire
Candace Rondeaux’s Putin’s Sledgehammer offers a forensic account of the Wagner Group’s rise and fall, reviews The Irish Times.
Trump Adviser Blames ‘Scientific Slowdown’ on DEI, Red Tape
Shalin Jyotishi responds to claims by a Trump adviser that DEI policies are slowing scientific progress.
NSF, NIH Funding Cuts Spur Student-Led Science Communication Campaign
Shalin Jyotishi is featured in Forbes highlighting a student-led campaign that pushed back against funding cuts to the NSF and NIH.
The U.S. Should Aim Higher in Its ‘Minerals for Peace’ Deal With Congo
Laura Kupe weighs in on whether investment can trump decades of conflict and mistrust between Congo and Rwanda.
What Losing Billions in Federal Grants Means for Universities, and the Nation
Shalin Jyotishi is featured in KQED discussing the national impact of federal research funding cuts on universities.
Afghanistan’s Tale of Two Extremist Movements
New America Future Security Program Fellow Matin Bek contrasts HTS and the Taliban's efforts at governance.
Trump’s Cancellation of Digital Equity Act Programs Will Perpetuate the Digital Divide
Jess Dine on how the Trump administration’s move to end DEA programs will kill U.S. competitiveness and waste billions of taxpayer dollars.
Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos with Candace Rondeaux
Candace Rondeaux exposes how Russia’s Wagner Group became a weapon of war, crime, and propaganda in her deep dive with Secrets and Spies.
How China’s Tech Giants Wired the Gulf
As Trump visits the Gulf, Peter W. Singer examines China's influence in the region.
Putin’s Shadow Armies Have Set Their Sights Beyond Ukraine
The New York Times reviews Putin's Sledgehammer, a penetrating account of Prigozhin’s life and Wagner’s rise in Putin’s Russia.