Putin’s Military Mobilization, Addressing the Needs of Deaf Students, and More

September 23, 2022

A researcher works on code at the AI Research Building at the University of Tübingen in Germany

How do recommender systems work on digital platforms?

News editors once decided which stories should receive the broadest reach. Now, recommender systems determine what content users encounter on online platforms. While these algorithms play a central role in society, they remain poorly understood among both policymakers and the public. In a new explainer, Chris Meserole walks through how these systems operate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the governor of the Novgorod region Andrei Nikitin

Why Russia’s mobilization may lower the risk of nuclear war—for now

“Even as it seems to ratchet down the short-term likelihood of nuclear use, Putin’s mobilization signals an unflinching commitment to his larger goals in Ukraine—and it may portend a willingness to embrace other nasty means of achieving them,” warns Caitlin Talmadge in her latest op-ed.

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Student Lilly Fish works on her signing skills during sign language class at the Pride School in Atlanta

Why does inclusion often neglect the needs of deaf students?

A bilingual American Sign Language-English education approach addresses the exclusion deaf children frequently experience in classrooms and school environments—and evades the centuries-long binary trap that insists that deaf people must either learn to speak or learn to sign, not both, writes Roberta Cordano.