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Out of Office: The Dying Lineage of Rural Democrats
In the spring of 2023, Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was fighting to beat off a spirited primary challenge. Just as the primary was entering its final stretch, journalist Dwayne Yancey scored a scoop: Deeds was almost completely off the…
Downsized: The Fight Over New York City’s Classrooms
“That would take 20 years,” Leonie Haimson said when asked to outline her involvement with New York City public school advocacy. She isn’t exaggerating. Haimson is the founder and director of Class Size Matters, a non-profit she formed in 2000…
A Voting Rights Renaissance : The Fight for Fair Representation in the Heart of Dixie
“I’m six generations removed from enslavement on my mom’s side, my daughter and son are seven generations removed,” said Evan Milligan. “These things aren’t abstract concepts to me.” Milligan is a careful speaker with a deep, Southern accent, and an…
The Revolving Door
In December 2015, rising rap star Meek Mill opened for Nicki Minaj at the Atlanta stop on her The Pinkprint album tour. The rapper was a budding talent in the hip-hop industry—Meek Mill was preparing to release his highly anticipated…
The Tenuous Future of New York City Public Housing
No electricity. No heating or hot water. Mold. Asbestos. Broken piping. Holes in the walls. Plaster falling from leaky ceilings. These are just a handful of the conditions that residents in New York City’s public housing are currently facing. The…
A Clouded Horizon
John was a curious programmer who had been working on ChatGPT’s code for years. One day, while debugging the system, he noticed something strange – ChatGPT seemed to be responding to his questions in a way that was too human-like…
Pipe Dreams: The Battle Over Water in the Colorado River Basin
Bounded by the massive Mojave and Sonoran deserts, the Colorado River is known as the Lifeline of the Southwest. Winding from Colorado to Utah, through Arizona, and along the borders of Nevada and California, it encompasses 1,450 miles of flowing…
The Future of Policymaking: The Benefits and Drawbacks of AI in Governance
In January 2023, Massachusetts State Senator Barry Finegold proposed a bill to regulate generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. When writing this legislation, Finegold hoped to mitigate the dangers of using AI-generated information by broadly controlling its usage. But ironically, neither…