Three new reports give some surprising reasons for optimism.

Kimmo Elo is a political scientist and University Lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland. Recent decades have seen an uptick in anti-democratic rhetoric and disinformation on various online ...

The July jobs report released last Friday wasn’t pretty. It showed weaker than anticipated U.S. job growth in July, and there were substantial downward revisions of jobs numbers for May and June as ...

Data, the lifeblood of modern democracies, can also be their undoing when exploited by bad actors to spread misinformation. At a time when democracy itself is on the ballot in many countries, ...

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Data centers evoke strong and conflicting opinions. Advocates point to the truly significant revenue they can generate for local governments. Opponents point to data centers' enormous energy needs, ...

The dedication to accuracy, identification, and resource equality is driving Kenya's quest for inclusive governance as it embarks on a digital journey, marking a significant step towards a data-driven ...