While the U.S. economy added 372,000 jobs in June, Black unemployment remains almost double the national rate. Regina Seo, Anthony Barr, and Oluwasekemi Odumosu outline what it will take to boost labor force participation and create a more equitable workforce.
On the latest episode of Vying for Talent, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks joins Ryan Hass and Jude Blanchette to discuss the Defense Department’s efforts to resolve workforce challenges, strengthen diversity, and foster a culture of innovation—and how important all of this is to national security.
In sub-Saharan Africa, many primary school children live over two kilometers from the nearest school. These long travel distances amplify the substantial challenges facing rural girls and greatly impact school attendance. Providing girls with bicycles can be a powerful, low-cost, and sustainable way to address the problem, Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Joel Kamoko argue.
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