The Microsoft Airband Initiative is bridging the digital divide by bringing broadband connectivity to remote communities. One cost-effective method involves using TV White Spaces – the unused frequencies between the signals of existing TV channels, as shown above. Airband, the future of work and several other tech issues are discussed in Tools and Weapons, a book by Microsoft President Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne. Read about it here.
New York City residents head to the polls today to vote in the Democratic primary election for mayor.
Three years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 ruling that protected federal abortion access, the United States remains deeply fractured on the issue.
The Iran-Israel ceasefire that US President Donald Trump announced yesterday evening is hanging by a thread this morning.
On Ian Bremmer’s World in :60, Ian unpacks US strikes on Iran, Russia’s stance on the conflict, and the future of the UN at 80.
In his latest Quick Take, Ian Bremmer unpacks Iran’s carefully calibrated retaliation against the United States after a major American strike on its nuclear program.
It’s unclear what more the Kremlin is willing to do for its last major Middle Eastern ally right now.
The United States is back at war in the Middle East: Late Saturday evening, the US military unleashed 75 precision-guided weapons, including 14 “bunker-buster” bombs, against Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. Israel followed up by hitting Fordo’s access routes on Monday. US President Donald Trump is now openly contemplating regime change.
A rising number of US college graduates are having trouble securing jobs, but some degrees are better than others.