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

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

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

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

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

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
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Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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

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

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate
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How Did Philadelphia Become a World Cup City?

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Lexington’s First Civic Assembly

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No Place to Land: Housing Insecurity Among Caregiving College Students

No Place to Land: Housing Insecurity Among Caregiving College Students

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Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

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Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

AI is shaping government by optimizing bureaucracy that residents distrust. Instead, we need a framework to deliver value and legitimacy.

Oct 15, 2025

Neil Kleiman, Eric Gordon, Mai-Ling Garcia

DOGE Is Using AI To Centralize Government Power. It’s Time to Flip the Script.

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DOGE Is Using AI To Centralize Government Power. It’s Time to Flip the Script.

It’s time to break the government’s stranglehold on information. Rather than centralize power, let’s use AI to distribute it.

May 2, 2025

Tech Policy Press

A Sustainable Path for AI Development to Empower Communities and Serve Public Interests

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A Sustainable Path for AI Development to Empower Communities and Serve Public Interests

Hortus AI calls for constituents to reassert and defend public values before they are automated away by ever larger models.

Feb 18, 2025

Thomas Krendl Gilbert, Nitin Verma, Marjorie Xie

Sustaining AI in Local Government

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Sustaining AI in Local Government

Investment in AI alone will not bring long-term success for using AI in governance.

Dec 16, 2024

Joel Yong

AI Can Build a Brighter Urban Future — If We Let People Have a Say

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AI Can Build a Brighter Urban Future — If We Let People Have a Say

Anthony Townsend wrote for Bloomberg on AI-powered urban innovation.

Mar 13, 2024

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