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Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers

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Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers

This report outlines research findings and shares recommendations for how colleges can support parenting students with child care needs.

Sep 29, 2025

Sarah Nzau, Richard Davis Jr., Stephanie Baker

Changing the Child Care Narrative

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Changing the Child Care Narrative

Through reporting grants, the Better Life Lab shows how child care policy can transform communities, spotlighting an underreported topic.

Sep 25, 2025

Rebecca Gale

Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

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Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for students.

Sep 25, 2025

Zahava Stadler, Jordan Abbott

A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

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A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

Nonconsensual intimate imagery often targets and harms women in political life. How does it spread, and what are the solutions?

Sep 18, 2025

Adriana Stephan

Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Florida: Lessons for California

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Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Florida: Lessons for California

Climate change is exposing Florida’s houses to greater risk. What’s the impact on its insurance market, and how are policymakers responding?

Sep 17, 2025

Daniel Abrahams, Tim Robustelli

Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Hawaii: Lessons for California

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Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Hawaii: Lessons for California

Climate change is exposing Hawaii’s houses to greater risk. What is the impact on its insurance market, and how are policymakers responding?

Sep 17, 2025

Daniel Abrahams, Tim Robustelli

Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Through two centuries of activism, Keisha N. Blain traces how Black women transformed human rights from concept into movement.

Sep 16, 2025

Keisha N. Blain

Designing Inclusive Engagement: How Toronto Is Rethinking Public Participation

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Designing Inclusive Engagement: How Toronto Is Rethinking Public Participation

New America’s Hollie Russon Gilman and Sarah Jacob spoke with Daniel Fusca, Manager of Public Consultation for Parks & Rec in Toronto.

Sep 11, 2025

Hollie Russon Gilman, Sarah Jacob, Daniel Fusca

Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

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Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

At the intersection of human and cybersecurity vulnerabilities lies the opportunity to build a more equitable digital future.

Sep 10, 2025

Nina-Simone Edwards

A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America

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A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America

Trymaine Lee traces the thread of gun violence through his family and a nation to illuminate the true cost of Black life in America.

Sep 9, 2025

Trymaine Lee

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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You’ve Changed

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Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers

Changing the Child Care Narrative

Redrawing the Lines: How Purposeful School System Redistricting Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation

A Weapon Against Women in Politics: Reining in Nonconsensual Synthetic Intimate Imagery

Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Florida: Lessons for California

Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Hawaii: Lessons for California

Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Designing Inclusive Engagement: How Toronto Is Rethinking Public Participation

Digital Gaps, Cyber Threats: Designing Policies to Keep People Safe Online

A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America