The contemporary superheroine has a backstory inspired by Greek mythology, which in turn was inspired by real-life ancient warrior women, writes Kimiya Shokoohi.

Tough decisions lie ahead in tackling a multiplicity of technology policy challenges, so President-elect Biden will need to marshal the force of government, American society and industry, and the world’s democracies to set a fresh agenda for the decade ahead, writes Lulio Vargas-Cohen.

If we want to convince American voters that a globalized world is in their interest, we have to make a better effort to explain why it is relevant to their circumstances, writes Tim Ridout.

Failure to address the societal problems revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic could be a failure to learn the meta-lessons from this crisis, writes Luke Matthews.

On November 3, Angelenos and Californians will have the opportunity to weigh in on a number of issues that have “local-to-global” implications. Justin Chapman explores how some of these state and county ballot measures relate to issues that other countries are also grappling with, presented as part of our voter initiative, 2020 Election: A Local-to-Global Opportunity.

Recent events show that Mexico’s president is in a strong position politically despite the very difficult public health and economic situation in the country, but his actions are still tempered from time-to-time by a significant dose of pragmatism. Analysis by Monarch Global Strategies.

Nonprofits and the many others like them are struggling with a tsunami of needs and demands in the communities they serve—including the need to capitalize on this moment when our nation is finally waking up to the sacrifices and the contributions of front-line workers, writes Joe Lumarda.

In an era of fake news and economic stagnation, liberal democracy has wavered around the world, its ability to convince electorates that progress is attainable weakened, as the influence of ethno-religious nationalist sentiment grows, write Nora Fisher-Onar and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk.

The United States is still battered by the coronavirus while other countries have gotten the epidemic under control, write Peter Katona and Seth Freeman. Why is that?

We must apply all the good work we have done about promoting equality and justice abroad, right here at home, especially when it comes to women’s rights, write C. Steven McGann and Sahana Dharmapuri.