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On CNBC, Lauren Bauer explains how women between the age of 24 and 54 are “unequivocally driving the labor market recovery from the Covid recession.”

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On CBS’s 60 Minutes, Darrell West warns that disinformation could decide the elections in many different countries this year.

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Darrell M. West Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation, Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies

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Testifying before Congress, Vanda Felbab-Brown argues that to reduce the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. we must reinforce U.S.-China relations and expand measures against criminal actors.

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What is driving inflation? Ben Harris writes in the Los Angeles Times why the housing shortage is the key factor behind the persistent pandemic-era rise in costs.

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