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A person wearing a gray shirt holds two paper ballots and places them in a box.

Relying on electronic voting machines puts us at risk, security expert says

August 17, 2020
Elections

How do we make elections secure? Try paper. Professor J. Alex Halderman, a security expert at the University of Michigan, explains why.

Relying on electronic voting machines puts us at risk, security expert says
Twins Emma and Etienne inside their house are eating sugar cookies baked by their mother

COVID-19’s cost to working mothers

August 6, 2020
Business, Economics and Jobs
COVID-19’s cost to working mothers
People wear face masks in in Beijing while walking outside near a Huawei store.

How does a country’s culture predict its pandemic response?

July 24, 2020
COVID-19
How does a country’s culture predict its pandemic response?

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