Archives for May 2020

By Mason Marks* The COVID-19 pandemic is triggering a national mental health crisis. Millions may experience prolonged grief due to the loss of friends or family, depression from unemployment and social isolation, and post-traumatic stress disorder from working on the frontlines as healthcare providers or undergoing treatment as patients. Our healthcare system is unprepared. It lacks the funding to provide prolonged psychotherapy at scale, and traditional psychiatric drugs, such as …

Continue Reading about Drug Regulation for the COVID-19 Mental Health Crisis →

By Ben Horton* A few weeks ago, Professors Jack Goldsmith and Andrew Keane Woods ignited controversy by suggesting in the Atlantic that China was right and America was wrong about internet censorship and surveillance. This seemingly contrarian stance rubbed people the wrong way, especially given reports that China’s online censorship delayed their response to COVID-19 and that Chinese agents have actively disseminated disinformation about the virus—and then attempted to suppress reports …

Continue Reading about Online Censorship Is Unavoidable—So How Can We Improve It? →

By Matthew J. Razzano* When you hear the phrase “structural inequality” you might not immediately think of payments systems. The choice of whether to purchase a television or a meal with cash or a credit card might not feel like a monumental decision, but it has significant economic consequences because balancing the interests of credit card companies, merchants, and customers proves challenging. Much has been written about underbanked communities and predatory lending, especially in the wake …

Continue Reading about Payment Systems and Inequality: Balancing Consumer Interests with Convenience →