Boosting Trust and Safety in Generative AI

AI misinformation is faster, cheaper, and more convincing than ever. Here's what private tech companies can actually do about it.

OpinionIsabel Nieh HouApril 4, 2026issueii2026Comment

An Autocrat of All Trades

Erdoğan plays every side and keeps coming out ahead. As U.S. foreign policy fractures, that might make Turkey indispensable.

OpinionIsabel Nieh HouApril 4, 2026issueii2026Comment

Teach ’Em Young

From Hillary Clinton's classroom to the war on Iran, one SIPA student asks whether policy schools train future leaders, or future hawks.

OpinionIsabel Nieh HouApril 4, 2026issueii2026Comment

An Open Letter to Leadership in Action

SIPA's new mandatory leadership course costs students $4,200 and 22 hours of their lives. An overwhelming majority say it was worth neither.

Campus NewsIsabel Nieh HouApril 4, 2026issueii2026Comment

Privatizing the Commons

Columbia has kept its gates locked since 2023. But West 116th Street was never really theirs to close.

Campus NewsIsabel Nieh HouApril 4, 2026issueii2026Comment

Whatever You Think is Happening in Minnesota, it’s Worse

As federal immigration operations intensify in Minnesota, a series of shootings, mass arrests, and economic disruptions have reshaped daily life in the Twin Cities, sparking widespread protest and deepening concerns about the human and civic costs of sustained enforcement.

PoliticsIsabel Nieh HouFebruary 26, 2026issueiv2026Comment