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Will Russia get involved in the 2018 elections?

Global Politics

Russian meddling didn’t end after Trump was inaugurated. Peter Singer takes us inside Russia’s plans for 2018.

A crew chief completes a post flight inspection of a Predator drone on Sept. 15, 2004 at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

How drones and robotics may shape the future of conflict under President Trump

Conflict

More countries, organizations seeking to use aerial drones for peaceful, nefarious purposes

Environment
charity

How to put the charity back in charity

Business

An ethical argument for charity contributions

Communities Compete to Be Silicon Valley of Domestic Drone Production

Across the country, states are vying to attract the engineers who will build our new domestic drone force, and they’re finding that being a hub for drone production and testing could be a major economic boom for their area.   According to Peter Singer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, local governments see the potential: […]

The World

Charity as an ethical obligation

Global Politics

Wrapped up as we are in our current recession, it’s hard for many to think about giving to charity. But Professor Peter Singer says that it is our ethical duty to give to charity even, maybe especially, now. He joins The Takeaway.

Feds: Humans Worth About $8 Million a Pop

Global Politics

Louise Story explains how the feds come up with these numbers. And to help us understand whether it’s really possible to place monetary value on human life is Peter Singer, philosopher and Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University.