AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
Route Fifty covered RethinkAI’s piece on how artificial intelligence will increase demand for government services before it increases efficiency.
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The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
Episode 15: The Weaponization of Data
Sydney Saubestre of New America explores how history shows the power and peril of data, and what it means for democracy today.
How social scientists could help to rebuild the federal government
Hollie Russon Gilman’s work on civic organizations in connecting residents to political resources was cited in the Can We Still Govern?
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.
No Country for Young Politicians—and How To Fix That
Oscar Pocasangre wrote for Fulcrum on how the United State’s winner-take-all electoral system prevents young people from party organizing.
Why America Has the World’s Oldest Politicians
Lee Drutman’s Substack article was reposted in Governing, explaining how our current electoral system prevents competition.
Is There Room in American Politics for the Don Bacons of the World?
Lee Drutman and Dustin Wahl wrote for The Ripon Forum on how our winner-take-all electoral system is erasing political diversity.
The 65-year-old theory that helps explain why the Democrats keep losing
Lee Drutman wrote for Vox on how Democrats need to shift the focus from messaging to reshaping the underlying conflict itself.
Politicians Are Polarized. American Voters, Not So Much.
Lee Drutman’s work was quoted in The New York Times on the multi-dimensionality of voters and coalitions.
Episode 14: Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
As peace talks between Russia and Ukraine resume, New America’s Candace Rondeaux and Ben Dalton explain the tangled context.
Centering Community Colleges in Civic Engagement and Local Deliberation
This brief summarizes key themes and insights from the convening “Community Colleges at the Center of Civic Engagement.”